Northern Arizona was named the Men’s Scholar Team of the Year for the 2022 NCAA Division I Cross Country season. The Lumberjacks, who maintained a cumulative GPA of 3.3, won the team title at the 2022 NCAA DI Cross Country Championships in Stillwater, Oklahoma. This is the fifth time in program history that NAU has…
Michael Smith made sure his athletes would peak at the right time and Northern Arizona delivered yet again. Smith, in his sixth year as head coach of the Lumberjacks, led them to the team title at the 2022 NCAA DI Cross Country Championships and was named the Men’s Cross Country National Coach of the Year.…
Abdihamid Nur was named the National Men’s Track Athlete of the Year. Nur, who hails from Phoenix, Arizona, by way of Mogadishu, Somalia, capped a strong season at the NCAA DI Indoor Track & Field Championships, where he completed the distance double. He won the 5000 meters on Friday in a meet-record 13:19.01 and kicked…
Northern Arizona was named the Men’s Scholar Team of the Year for the 2021 NCAA Division I Cross Country season. The Lumberjacks, who maintained a cumulative GPA of 3.160, won the team title at the 2021 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships in Tallahassee, Florida. This is the fourth time in program history that NAU…
Michael Smith, in his fifth year as head coach at Northern Arizona, led the Lumberjacks to the team title at the 2021 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships in a dominant effort. NAU’s entire scoring lineup earned All-America honors as Abdihamid Nur (seventh), Nico Young (11th), Drew Bosley (13th), George Kusche (37th) and Brodey Hasty…
Northern Arizona was named the Men’s Scholar Team of the Year in NCAA Division I Cross Country for the third time in program history (2013, 2016). The Lumberjacks, who maintained a cumulative GPA of 3.29, won the team title last month at the 2020 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
Smith, in his fourth year as head coach at Northern Arizona, led the Lumberjacks to a team title at the 2020 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships in Stillwater, Oklahoma. NAU had four runners finish in the top-10 – just the sixth time that happened in meet history – and put up 60 points for…
Michael Smith of Northern Arizona was named the National Men’s Coach of the Year for the 2020 NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field season by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). This is the first time that a coach from a non-Power 5 Conference earned this honor in award…
Michael Smith of Northern Arizona was named the National Men’s Coach of the Year for the 2020 NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field season by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). This is the first time that a coach from a non-Power 5 Conference earned this honor in award…
Tyler Day of Northern Arizona was named the National Men’s Track Athlete of the Year for the 2020 NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field season by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). Day, a senior from Gilbert, Arizona, is the first athlete from the Big Sky Conference to earn…
Tyler Day of Northern Arizona was named the National Men’s Track Athlete of the Year for the 2020 NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field season by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). Day, a senior from Gilbert, Arizona, is the first athlete from the Big Sky Conference to earn…
When the number of championships a coach won dwarfs the number of years that coach spent in the profession, then said coach clearly left a lasting impact on his sport. It’s safe to say Ron Mann, who won 66 conference titles in 33 years on the collegiate level, did exactly that. Mann began his coaching…