The Cowgirl golf team wrapped up its season last weekend at the Mountain West Championship in Rancho Mirage, Calif. Despite a career-best performance by Emily Woodard, the Cowgirls came in last place after three days of play on the 6,324-yard Dinah Shore Tournament Course at the Mission Hills Country Club. Woodard led her team throughout…
Senior Mason Finley had another headlining performance last weekend at the Jack Christianson Invitational at Colorado State University. Coming off his record-setting fifth Mountain West Track and Field Male Athlete of the Week honor, Finley led the Cowboys to their fifth-place finish after his first-place and season-best 61.65-meter discus throw. The senior’s throw ranks sixth…
After playing in their final competition of the spring season last weekend, the Cowgirls’ soccer team proved they have come a long way. Showing improvement with each game, the team finished the off-season with a strong 6-2 record. “We just had our last weekend of competition, we pulled off some really good results. It’s a…
Brett Smith left some very big cleats to fill when he declared for the NFL draft last December. The restructuring of Cowboy football left us with four potential quarterbacks to replace the 6’3”, 210-pound NFL hopeful. Redshirt senior Colby Kirkegaard currently leads the pack, followed by senior Sam Stratton, sophomore Tom Thorton and sophomore Aaron…
The Cowboys are miles away from where they started but also miles away from where they need to be. That was the general consensus Saturday when, after 15 spring practices, the University of Wyoming football team showcased its progress at the annual spring game at War Memorial Stadium. After a full 60-minute game in front of…
The battle for gender equality within collegiate sports has come a long way from the days of an entirely male-dominated sporting spectrum. However, like any social issue, progress can be halted by a single comment. “Sports has lost its way, and part of the reason is that we’ve got women giving us directions,” former KNBR…
Kendyll Ferrall Kferral1@uwyo.edu Golf, as we know it, is still intact. The green jackets did not spontaneously combust; the sand traps did not part to reveal a fiery golf underworld; and the members of the Augusta Country Club did not ensue a riot. For the first time in 20-years Tiger Woods was…
The Pokes were busy last weekend. The Wyoming track team competed at the Colorado Invitational, the Weber State Outdoor Open and the Utah Spring Classic, earning a combined nine first-place honors. Freshman Jordan Charles kicked off Wyoming’s eventful weekend at the Utah Spring Classic, winning the 110-meter hurdles with a time that bumped him up…
The Cowgirls shot their way to a 12th place finish earlier this week at the eighth annual Wyoming Cowgirl Classic in Maricopa, Ariz. as they completed their regular season competitions. Ending the first round in 13th place, Wyoming held three different positions during each round of play at the Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club. Sophomore Emily Woodard…
For the second week in a row, the Pokes posted successful results at a Colorado meet, continuing their outdoor season at the Tom Benich Invite at the University of Northern Colorado. Junior Paul Thomas wrapped up last weekend’s events with a first-place finish in discus with a season-best throw of 180-9. Thomas’ victory marked Wyoming’s…
Freshman Taylor Dorans led the Cowgirls last weekend at the Mountain View Collegiate Tournament in Tucson, Ariz. Dorans finished tied for 42nd place, adding 227 strokes to the Cowgirls’ total of 925 (+61). Dorans shot 153 (+9) after ending the first two rounds with 77 (+5) and 76 (+4). She shot her season best score after…
Kendyll Ferrall Kferral1@uwyo.edu If you and Stephen Colbert are on opposite sides of an issue, you are probably (definitely) on the wrong side of the issue. The issue I am referring to is the recently resurfaced controversy over the name of the Washington Redskins football team. Earlier in February, Senator Maria Cantwell…
