Student finishes Boston Marathon in top 11 percent
About 200 feet before crossing the finish line, Cy Fixen collapsed. Then one of the 27,000 other runners helped the exhausted Fixen cross the line to finish 2,473rd in the Boston Marathon April 18. “I don’t know who the guy was, but I’m really grateful,” Fixen said. Fixen, a senior pharmacy major, has been training [...]
Cy Fixen runs in Boston Marathon
Click here to read the results article. Until Cy Fixen spent a year in Boston, Mass., he never imagined one day he would be competing in the 2011 Boston Marathon at 10 a.m. EDT on April 18. Fixen, a senior pharmacy major, traveled to Boston with his parents, and was joined there by his brother [...]
Track shines in Yankton meet
The Jackrabbit track and field teams were busy winning in Yankton in Apr. 9. The women’s team won five events at the South Dakota/North Dakota Double Dual in Yankton. Sophomore Brooke Garner didn’t win the hammer throw, but she did break the school record in the event with a second place throw of 187 [...]
Sean Burns: the Quick Learner
Sean Burns’ senior season has boosted SDSU track and field. By Dustin Veurink Sportswriter Senior weight thrower Sean Burns dominated the indoor weight throw competition this year, but the amazing thing is that he hasn’t been competing in the event long. Burns, a Rapid City native, didn’t know the weight throw was an event until [...]
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