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Posted on September 3rd, 2019 under only in ashland, people. Tags: ben stevens, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D500, Raider Athletics, steeplechase, track and field. Comments Off on Happy birthday, Ben Stevens!

As promised, your winner of the 2019 Belly Flop Championship. I’m sure the healing properties of the water jump fixed that nasty wounded knee.

Posted on May 12th, 2019 under only in ashland, people. Tags: AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-80mm f/2.8-4E ED VR Lens, Nikon D500, Raider Athletics, steeplechase, track and field. Comments Off on 2019 Belly Flop Championship Winner

Most years, this would be our champion. However, as you will see tomorrow, our runner up lacked two things our 2019 champion had going for him–blood and glasses.

Posted on May 11th, 2019 under only in ashland, people. Tags: AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-80mm f/2.8-4E ED VR Lens, Nikon D500, Raider Athletics, sports photography, steeplechase, track and field. Comments Off on 2019 Belly Flop Championship Runner Up

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The Cascade Conference Multi-Event Championships will be on Thursday and Friday, and the Raider Invitational is on Friday and Saturday. The forecast is for sun, but some participants will get very wet.

Posted on April 16th, 2018 under only in ashland, people. Tags: Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D500, sports photography, steeplechase, track and field. Comments Off on Raider Invitational coming to Ashland this weekend

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6 p.m. tonight is the steeplechase. Full schedule and more details here.

Posted on April 14th, 2017 under only in ashland, people. Tags: Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, sports photography, steeplechase, track and field. Comments Off on Splish Splash

I’m sometimes asked what my favorite sport to shoot is. Although I enjoy watching (and playing) baseball/softball more than perhaps any other sport, the most photogenic sport is certainly steeplechase. I never know if I got a great shot when I shoot steeplechase (unlike football, basketball, etc.), but steeplechase photos are always fun to go through once I get home and can view them on a large screen.

Posted on March 16th, 2017 under only in ashland, people. Tags: Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, sports photography, steeplechase, track and field. Comments Off on TBT

Jessa Perkinson breaks SOU record in the 5k with a time of 17:12.31 while Coach Shannon Maas gives advice

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Events will be happening today (4/23/16) from 10 until 4 at Raider Stadium.

Eli Stillman won the steeplechase

Ashland-native Sydney Norvell took third in her first collegiate pole vaulting competition

More details here.

More photos here.

Posted on April 23rd, 2016 under only in ashland, people. Tags: eli stillman, jessa perkinson, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, sports photography, steeplechase, sydney norvell, track and field. Comments Off on 2016 Raider Invitational

Steeplechase (AKA Track Swimming)

Not much of a throwback Thursday today as this happened just last week. However, this photo is racking up favorites on Flickr at an unprecedented rate so I thought I would share it here too. Clearly the “agony of defeat” is more popular than the “thrill of victory.”

In fairness to this steeplechaser (who was not an SOU athlete BTW), although she had troubles with the water jump on every lap, she finished in the middle of the pack and was far from last place.

Posted on April 23rd, 2015 under only in ashland, people. Tags: Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D750, sports photography, steeplechase, track and field. Comments Off on TBT