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Villanova earned three BIG EAST Scholar-Athlete Sport Excellence Awards on Wednesday afternoon when the conference announced its annual award winners in each BIG EAST sponsored sport. One student-athlete from each sport was selected as the 2017-18 Spor...

Jul 25th 2018, 5:38pm 26K views 0 likes 0 shares 0 comments

Cleirigh Buttner Named Academic All-Area Performer of the Year

Senior middle distance runner Siofra Cleirigh Buttner (Dublin, Ireland) and junior Nicole Hutchinson (West Vancouver, B.C.) each earned a spot on the Philadelphia Inquirer Women's Track & Field All-Academic Team which was announced in a press release o...

Jun 15th 2018, 5:05pm 25K views 0 likes 0 shares 0 comments

Trio of Women's Track & Field Athletes Named All-Americans

Senior middle distance runner Siofra Cleirigh Buttner (Dublin, Ireland), junior Nicole Hutchinson (West Vancouver, B.C.) and sophomore McKenna Keegan (West Grove, Pa.) were officially named All-Americans in an announcement by the United States Track & ...

Jun 11th 2018, 9:50pm 24K views 0 likes 0 shares 0 comments

#NCAATF: Siofra Cleirigh Buttner Finishes Fourth in 800 Meters

Senior middle distance runner Siofra Cleirigh Buttner (Dublin, Ireland) closed her collegiate career in historic fashion with a fourth place finish in the 800 meters at the NCAA Track & Field Championships on Saturday afternoon. She tallied the highest...

Jun 10th 2018, 2:10am 23K views 0 likes 0 shares 0 comments

#NCAATF: Siofra Cleirigh Buttner Advances to Final of 800 Meters

Senior middle distance runner Siofra Cleirigh Buttner (Dublin, Ireland) has qualified for a final at the NCAA Championships for the third time in her career and the first time outdoors after she advanced on time out of the semifinal round of the 800 me...

Jun 8th 2018, 2:52am 22K views 0 likes 0 shares 0 comments

Nicole Hutchinson Qualifies for NCAA Championships in 5000 Meters

Junior distance runner Nicole Hutchinson (West Vancouver, B.C.) is heading back to the NCAA Championships for a second straight year after automatically qualifying in the 5000 meters in her national semifinal race at the NCAA East Preliminary meet on S...

May 27th 2018, 4:28am 1K views 0 likes 0 shares 0 comments

Siofra Cleirigh Buttner and McKenna Keegan Qualify for NCAAs

The second day of competition at the NCAA East Preliminary is off to an exciting start as senior Siofra Cleirigh Buttner (Dublin, Ireland) and sophomore McKenna Keegan (West Grove, Pa.) each qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 800 meters on Fri...

May 25th 2018, 8:48pm 2K views 0 likes 0 shares 0 comments

NCAA East Preliminary: Women Qualify Three for Quarterfinals

Senior middle distance runner Siofra Cleirigh Buttner (Dublin, Ireland), sophomore McKenna Keegan (West Grove, Pa.) and freshman Rachel McArthur (Bristow, Va.) each qualified for the national quarterfinal round of their respective events during competi...

May 25th 2018, 1:48am 2K views 0 likes 0 shares 0 comments

NCAA East Preliminary Gets Underway on Thursday Afternoon

Villanova is set for the start of the NCAA East Preliminary meet on Thursday, which will begin at the USF Track & Field Stadium with a revised schedule due to the threat of severe weather throughout the week. On tap for the Wildcats on Thursday are the...

May 24th 2018, 12:46pm 1K views 0 likes 0 shares 0 comments

Jalen Brunson and Siofra Cleirigh Buttner Named Senior Student-Athletes of the Year

It was a night for celebration, memories and a look ahead to the future at the annual Senior Student-Athlete Reception held at the Connelly Center on Thursday evening. Men's basketball player Jalen Brunson and women's track & field and cross country at...

May 18th 2018, 3:41am 1K views 0 likes 0 shares 0 comments