Kate Stevens, Assistant Sports Editor
• April 26, 2023
Winning coach of the year is nothing new for Erin Howarth.
Howarth is the head coach of Eastern’s cross country team and the distance coach for the track and field team.
Since being hired in 2010,...
Kate Stevens, Assistant Sports Editor
• April 14, 2023
Spring sports here at Eastern have been well underway the last few months. Let’s take a look at the standings and records of EIU’s spring sports:
Baseball
The EIU baseball team has a current overall...
Kate Stevens, Assistant Sports Editor
• February 23, 2023
EIU’s men’s track took first place in the OVC Indoor Track & Field Championships for the first time since the 2019-2020 at the two-day meet in Birmingham, Ala.
The meet was held Wednesday into...
Kate Stevens, Assistant Sports Editor
• February 15, 2023
Junior track and field distance runner Adam Swanson broke a record that no one has been able to touch in the last 44 years.
He officially has run the fastest mile in EIU history. At the Iowa State...
As the semester ends and spring commencement is over, here is a look back at the 2021-2022 academic year:
August
The fall semester kicked off with move-in, First Night and Quakin' in the...
An on-campus memorial for Jason Aguilar is scheduled for Thursday at 4 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.
Aguilar, a sophomore accounting major and track athlete...
A friend of Jason Aguilar, a sophomore accounting major and track athlete who died Saturday night, started a GoFundMe to raise money to assist with expenses related to his death.
As of 12:21 p.m. Monday,...
Jason Aguilar, a sophomore accounting major and track athlete, died Saturday night.
Coles County Coroner Ed Schniers said the cause of death is unknown at this time but an autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday...
For those looking to run, Eastern’s campus and Charleston’s community offer plenty of trails and roads for runners of all skill levels.
Where to Run
Erin Howarth, Eastern’s cross country...
The Eastern men’s and women’s indoor track and field teams opened day one of the Ohio Valley Conference Indoor Track Championships with distance medley relay wins from the men and women, plus other...
Junior MaKenna Wilson set the Eastern all-time indoor record for the shot put as 14 athletes placed in the top ten at the EIU Friday Night Special last week.
Wilson recorded a personal-best throw...
Dustin Hatfield headlines Eastern’s track and field team as the Panthers get ready to compete Friday.
Eastern will host the EIU Friday Night Special Friday in the Lantz Field House, and Hatfield comes...
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