Austin Field at Chandler High was lined with runners and competitors who wanted to take home gold medals Saturday for their teams at the 77th annual Chandler Rotary track meet.
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The early signing period for senior athletes began on Wednesday.
Christian Taylor and Mountain Pointe's Will Claye have done it again, sweeping gold and silver in the triple jump for the United States at back-to-back Olympics.
Hannah Carson has tried to curb the instinct at times, but to no avail.
Nick Brueser essentially repeated his super sophomore year.
It was going to take big doings to get the Perry volleyball program to the next level.
Jesse Miritello upped his practice time with his private coach during the offseason after losing in the Division I quarterfinals.
Soon after Luke Zuluaga exploded he went viral.
The transition will come soon enough.
The Chandler track program returned with vengeance.
There were four stars on the night that can not - and were not - denied.
The first day of the Division I and Division II state track meet took place Wednesday at Mesa Community College with several individuals coming home with titles and setting the foundation for the team race.
One of the events at the Chandler Rotary that should have received more attention than it did was the introduction of wheelchair athletes.
In the 76 years of the Chandler Rotary Invitational there has been much to be seen.
Desert Vista football coach Dan Hinds has no problem talking about his starting center, Torrey Hickel.
Athletes lean on a variety of methods of mental preparation. Some close off the world, shutting out the outside and concentrating all of their energy into what they need to do to succeed.
Athletes lean on a variety of methods of mental preparation. Some close off the world, shutting out the outside and concentrating all of their energy into what they need to do to succeed.
Athletic tradition and history have to start at some point.
The state track & field championships at Mesa Community College on Saturday, May 9, 2015.
The sentiment all year long was this could be the year the Chandler girls track team was going to fall.
Sam Shoultz had a blowout, Dani Jones added to her legacy, Reed Bussey paid it forward and Tria Seawater-Simmons continued to defy logic.
The expected news of Mountain Pointe senior sprinter Paul Lucas missing out on his final track meet came to fruition on Wednesday.
For much of the year, the talk around the track, in particular the hurdles, was around not whether or not Brophy’s Isaiah Oliver was going to win, but by how much.
The Nike Chandler Rotary Invitational Track Meet at Chandler High School on Saturday, March 21, 2015.