University of Alabama freshman Elias Hakansson of Halmstad, Sweden, was named the Southeastern Conference Men’s Track and Field Freshman of the Week on Tuesday, the SEC Office announced. Hakansson broke a 15-year-old school record in the men’s weight throw last Saturday as Alabama finished second in the men’s standings at the Mark Colligan Memorial in Lincoln, Neb. The school record [...]

The men’s and women’s cross country teams will head to Tallahassee, Fla., on Friday, Nov. 9 for the NCAA South Region Championships. “We’re in the best spot that we’ve been all year,” assistant distance coach Adam Tribble said. The Tide will be taking on Memphis, Florida State and the usual conference competitors such as Arkansas and Florida, who placed first [...]

The University of Alabama cross country teams began the championship portion of their schedule on Friday morning as the men’s and women’s teams both finished 11th in their respective divisions at the Southeastern Conference Championships held at Percy Warner Park and hosted by Vanderbilt University. The UA men’s team finished with 309 points, placing ahead of Vanderbilt (358) and LSU [...]

The Alabama cross country teams will begin their conference schedule this Saturday, Sept. 15 in the Commodore Classic in Nashville, Tenn. The men will participate in an 8,000 meter race that begins at 9:00 a.m., and their female counterparts will run 6,000 meters at 9:45 a.m. This will be the first SEC test of the season for the Tide, but [...]

The Alabama cross country team will be running at home for the first time in the Crimson Classic this weekend in Tuscaloosa. The meet features usual conference foes such as Auburn, Tennessee and Georgia, as well as smaller regional schools like UAB and Samford. The meet will also feature high schools from the south, including schools from Alabama, Tennessee and [...]