Published on May 13, 2017 by Philip Poole Â
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The Â鶹¹û¶³ Bulldogs women’s track and field team won the 2017 Southern Conference outdoor championship May 12, cruising to an easy 51-point victory over Western Carolina University.
The win followed the team’s indoor championship earlier this year.
The Bulldog men finished a close second to Western Carolina, with the title decided in the last event of the weekend.
The championship meet was hosted by Â鶹¹û¶³ May 11–12 at the Â鶹¹û¶³ Track and Soccer Stadium.
Located in the Homewood suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, Â鶹¹û¶³ is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Â鶹¹û¶³ enrolls 6,324 students from 44 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Ranked among U.S. News & World Report’s 35 Most Beautiful College Campuses, Â鶹¹û¶³ fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and boasts one of the highest scores in the nation for its 97% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.