Tag: Andrew Preston

By: Andrew Preston Trevecca’s 4-year-old track and field program is making progress even though there is no track at the university. The 29 student athletes who make up the two track teams travel around Nashville to practice on available tracks when other teams aren’t using them, do their workouts on campus and generally don’t complain, said Austin Selby men and women’s cross country and track and field coach. “We compete on the track, so it makes sense to practice on a track, but that is a luxury we just don’t have at this time,” said Selby.  “We don’t use that as an excuse, ever. We don’t really think about it, we joke about it as a team, but it is never an excuse for under-performing. We still find ways to get done what needs to be done with what we have.” In 2012, Trevecca lau...

By: Andrew Preston The past two seasons the Trevecca men and women’s track teams both have finished no better than fourth place in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference Championships (G-MAC), something head Coach Austin Selby wants to change. Winning the G-MAC in track and field for Trevecca is something that will take time to accomplish. The track teams are relatively new programs at TNU, with both the men and women’s teams beginning competition during the 2013-2014 academic school year. “We cannot (win the G-MAC), plain and simple. We are not built to win a title. We are still trying to grow and become competitive in the G-MAC,” said Selby. The TNU track teams are still relatively small in number. For comparison, in a recent track meet Cedarville University brought 68 athletes betwee...