HSU To Compete in Track and Field in 2008-09

ABILENE, Texas – Hardin-Simmons University is proud to announce that it will add track and cross country for men and women to its intercollegiate athletic lineup for the 2008-09 season.

HSU hired Rodeny Smith as the new coach for the program in February. Smith is a longtime track and cross country coach and most recently was the head coach in Uvalde. He has collegiate coaching experience at Abilene Christian and David Libscombe University in Nashville.

A new track is being built for the program next to the soccer and softball fields on the Grape Street Complex. The track teams will be housed in the new fieldhouse that was completed this summer.

“We are excited to add track to our lineup,” said HSU athletic director John Neese. “We see many benefits to adding track and it has been a long process to get to this point. We think Coach Smith will have us competing at high level in a short amount of time.”

Track and Cross Country are the first sport added at HSU since softball was added for the 2004 season.
HSU last had a track team in 1968, before dropping the program from the sport lineup.

If you are interested in Hardin-Simmons’ track and cross country program, please contact Rodney Smith at rqsmith@hsutx.edu.

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