2009-10 Indoor Track News

  • Hartman, Flynn Named Track Top Athletes
    June 17, 2010
    The postseason awards continued to roll in for a pair of the conference’s most successful spring athletes as the ODAC track & field coaches voted on their sport’s top athletes of the 2010 campaign. Bridgewater senior Courtney Hartman and fellow senior Ricky Flynn from Lynchburg were named the 2010 ODAC Men’s and Women’s Track & Field Athletes of the Year.
  • Saluting the Winter Scholar-Athletes
    April 27, 2010
    Six student-athletes from Old Dominion Athletic Conference member schools earned a 2010 ODAC/Farm Bureau Scholar-Athlete Award during the winter athletic schedule. Farm Bureau Insurance is the proud presenter of each award for the ODAC's 22 sponsored sports.
  • Dr. Toms to Step Away from Coaching
    April 27, 2010
    Just three days after leading his Lynchburg outdoor men’s track & field team to the 2010 ODAC Championship and earning conference Coach of the Year honors, head men’s cross country and track and field coach Dr. Jack Toms announced his retirement Tuesday from coaching, effective at the end of the season. He will remain as the director of athletics at the school.
  • BC's Hartman, RC's Yerkes All-Americans
    March 13, 2010
    Bridgewater's Courtney Hartman and Roanoke's Robin Yerkes headlined a good showing for the ODAC at the 2010 NCAA Division III Indoo Track Championships by earning All-American honors for their performances. Hartman got the nod in the pentathlon while Yerkes picked up another in 400-meter dash.
  • LC, RC Claim ODAC Indoor Track Titles
    February 26, 2010
    Lynchburg College and Roanoke College brought home the crowns on Friday evening in the 2010 ODAC Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track and Field Championships. The Hornets earned 193 total points for the men’s title, while the Maroons accumulated 139 total points for the women’s championship.
  • ODAC Players of the Week: February 22
    February 22, 2010
    Spring sports join the weekly awards as schedules have become consistent following the rough weather that made its way through the region at the beginning of the month. At the same time, winter sports are winding down with the basketball tournaments and the indoor track championships this coming weekend.
  • Listen to the ODAC Podcast: Feb. 18
    February 18, 2010
    One championship is in the books with four more on the horizon, giving Brad and J.J. plenty to talk about in this week’s podcast. The show features interviews with W&L head coach Kami Gardner and swimmer Sarah Simpson (above) fresh from their title. Bridgewater head coach Shane Stevens also chimes in on a preview of the ODAC indoor track championships.
  • ODAC Players of the Week: February 15
    February 15, 2010
    The transition is underway from winter to spring sports as swimming ended its ODAC season with the ODAC/Atlantic States Chamionships over the weekend and spring sports fighting through the tough adverse weather. Indoor track continues to gear up for its championship in two weeks, as does basketball with the last week of the regular season set to begin.
  • ODAC Players of the Week: February 1
    February 01, 2010
    For the second time this winter, the weather played a major role in the fate of the ODAC's indoor athletic offerings. Nevertheless, several ODAC athletes performed well despite the road-covering snowfalls and frigid temperatures, like LC's Jessica Gibbs (above).
  • ODAC Players of the Week: January 25
    January 25, 2010
    Action in ODAC winter sports continued over the past week, and several athletes enjoyed banner weeks. Bridgewater's Courtney Hartman (above) helped lead the Eagles at Susquehanna University with strong performances in four different events.
  • ODAC Players of the Week: January 18
    January 18, 2010
    The full winter slate of ODAC athletics was in action over the past week for the first time since early December. Track joined the fray with multiple meets for both the men and women. Swimming featured several ODAC squads in action. And men’s and women’s basketball enjoyed standings-separating matchups and a couple of Top-25 showdowns.
  • ODAC Players of the Week: December 9
    December 09, 2009
    Indoor track joined swimming and basketball in action as the full ODAC winter season is now in full swing. Four teams, including the ODAC’s newest programs at Guilford College, took to the indoor facilities over the past week. John Michael Pavia (above) was one of the stars for Lynchburg at West Virginia University.
  • Hornets Head Men's Indoor Track Poll
    December 04, 2009
    Defending champion Lynchburg College received six first place votes and 47 total points as the Hornets top the 2009-10 ODAC Men’s Indoor Track Poll. Bridgewater College collected the remaining first place vote as part of 42 total tallies. Washington and Lee University rounds out the top three with 35 poll points.
  • LC Tops Women's Indoor Track Poll
    December 04, 2009
    Lynchburg College received three first place votes and 44 total points as the Hornets top the 2009-10 ODAC Women’s Indoor Track Poll. Roanoke College sits a close second after also garnering three top votes towards 42 overall tallies. Defending champion Washington and Lee University is third with 38 points and the remaining first place nod.
  • Listen to the ODAC Podcast: Oct. 15
    October 15, 2009
    In this week's podcast, Brad and J.J. focus on cross country. They had a chance to speak with Guilford's Bill Cason, the assistant cross country coach and the director of the new Quaker indoor and outdoor track programs.