MITCHELL, S.D. – The Dakota Wesleyan University men’s track and cross country programs added a sixth name to the roster for the 2012-13 seasons, head coach Pat Belling announced this week. Jose Melgoza will join the cross country program starting in the fall of 2012. Melgoza, a Dallas, Texas, native, will have junior eligibility for [...]
MITCHELL, S.D. – The Dakota Wesleyan University track and cross country teams added two names to the roster this week when head coach Pat Belling and assistant coach Chris Creal announced the signing of Nicole Court-Menendez and Michael Claar. The latest two signees bring Belling’s total to 11 for the 2012-13 season. Court-Menendez comes to [...]
MITCHELL, S.D. – Dakota Wesleyan University sprinter Tamika Irvin wrapped up her tenure in the Great Plains Athletic Conference in style Saturday afternoon. Irvin, a senior from Denver, Colo., not only won the 100- and 200-meter dashes at the final GPAC Championship of her career, she also set two school records – again. Irvin won [...]
MITCHELL, S.D. – The Dakota Wesleyan University track and field team was scheduled to travel to Madison, S.D., Friday afternoon for one last tune-up before the Great Plains Athletic Conference championships. That meet, the Trojan Invite hosted by Dakota State University, was called off Friday morning due to rain and inclement weather forecasted to be [...]
YANKTON, S.D. – The Dakota Wesleyan University track and field team picked up three wins and six top-five finishes Tuesday afternoon at the Mount Marty Twilight meet in Yankton, S.D. Tamika Irvin paced the Tigers with a pair of wins. The senior sprinter took first in the 100- and 200-meter dashes to continue her strong [...]
ORANGE CITY, Iowa – The Dakota Wesleyan University track and field team recorded seven top-six finishes at the Northwestern Invite Saturday afternoon in Orange City, Iowa. Senior sprinter Tamika Irvin paced the Tigers with a win in the 100-meter dash. She won the event with a time of 12.03 seconds, which is just shy of [...]
SIOUX CITY, Iowa – The 2012 Sioux City Relays got cut short due to rain and storms in the area Saturday afternoon, but several members of the Dakota Wesleyan University track and field team were able to record personal bests in their events at the two-day meet this past weekend in Sioux City, Iowa. Freshman [...]
SIOUX CENTER, Iowa – The Dakota Wesleyan University track and field team had two individual championships and eight total top-10 finishes Thursday at the Dordt College Invite in Sioux Center, Iowa. Senior sprinter Tamika Irvin paced the Tigers with a win in the 200-meter dash and a second-place finish in the 100. She won the [...]
By: Kevin Pottebaum, The Daily Republic Tamika Irvin is becoming a staple in the Dakota Wesleyan University track record books. Irvin — a senior from Denver, Colo. — earned the Great Plains Athletic Conference Track Athlete-of-the-Week, announced Wednesday, after another record-breaking performance. Irvin broke school records in the 100- and 200-meter dashes at the Wildcat Invite, [...]
MITCHELL, S.D. – Setting records is nothing new for Dakota Wesleyan University sprinter Tamika Irvin. Heading into the 2012 indoor and outdoor seasons, Irvin – a senior from Denver, Colo. – owned four individual records, was a part of five record-setting relays and had six other top-10 times and marks in the Tiger track record [...]