Former Butler All-American Victoria Mitchell has been chosen to the 2008 Australian Olympic Team for this summer's Olympic Games in Beijing, China. She earned her Olympic berth in the women's 3,000 meter steeplechase. (more)
Junior distance runner Andy Baker of Butler University and junior distance runner Holly Nearman of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee were selected as the Horizon League's 2008 Outdoor Track and Field Athletes of the Year as voted upon by the League's head coaches, the League office announced Wednesday (June 25). (more)
Butler junior Andy Baker closed out the Bulldogs' outdoor track and field season and the 2007-08 sports year with an appearance in the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championship in Des Moines, Iowa, on Wednesday (June 11). The Butler distance ace placed 13th in the second heat of the men's 5,000 meter preliminaries in the national meet hosted by Drake University. (more)
