March 2011
2 posts
Jacki's Work: Blind woman sets her sights on the... →
By Jacqueline Raithel, Contributing Writer
Many participants in the Ukrop’s Monument Avenue 10k find the event to be a challenge on its own, but walking the race with severely impaired vision adds an extra set of challenges.
For Renee Haynes, those challenges will be very real on April 2,…
Ninth-grader races to ATV championship title
By Jacqueline Raithel, Contributing Writer
Dylan Butler isn’t allowed to drive a car yet, but that hasn’t stopped him from racing his way to the podium of at least 10 ATV championships in 2010, including six firstplace titles.
Read the full story here, in the Chesterfield Observer.
October 2010
11 posts
Baseball's Cuppia Spends Summer Leading By Example
The Spider infielder remains active in the Atlanta-based L.E.A.D. program.
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, Va. (By Jacki Raithel) - Spider Baseball second-baseman Chris Cuppia opted not to play summer league this year, instead choosing to spend his summer working for and with a team of high school baseball players in inner-city Atlanta, Ga.
Read the full article here.
July 23, 2009
Hightower reflects on Super Bowl and more
By Jacki Raithel, Collegian Staff
Last February, Arizona Cardinals’ rookie running back Tim Hightower was finishing his degree at the University of Richmond.
This February, he was catching passes from Kurt Warner on the world’s largest sports stage.
Read the full article here.
Feb. 26, 2009
Women’s cross country wins A-10 championship, men...
By Jacki Raithel, Collegian Staff
The University of Richmond’s women’s cross-country team won the Atlantic 10 Championship, and the men’s team took third Saturday in Charlotte, N.C.
Read the full article here.
Nov. 4, 2008
Men’s soccer to finish regular season with three...
By Jacki Raithel, Collegian Staff
The men’s soccer has gone into five overtimes and ended in three ties in its last five games while working to get into the Atlantic 10 Tournament, at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Nov. 13, 14 and 16.
Read the full article here.
Oct. 30, 2008
Sports scheduling is out of athletics director’s...
By Jacki Raithel, Collegian Staff
The Spider football team played in front of its largest home crowd this season last weekend, despite playing the No. 1 ranked James Madison University Dukes during fall break when many students had left school.
Read the full article here.
Oct. 23, 2008
Women’s golf to play in its only home tournament...
By Jacki Raithel, Collegian Reporter
The women’s golf team will host its annual Spider Fall Invitational at Independence Golf Club in Midlothian, Va., during fall break on Oct. 13 and 14.
Read the full article here.
Oct. 9, 2008
Richmond student-athletes excel in multiple...
By Jacki Raithel, Collegian Reporter
Cass Meadows, a sophomore defender on the men’s soccer team, has started five of the Spiders’ six games this season and had been identified by his coach as an important part of the team’s success at the Duquesne Invitational earlier this month.
Last fall he competed for the varsity cross country team.
Read the full article here.
Sept. 25, 2008
Offensive-minded play gets men’s soccer its first...
By Jacki Raithel, Collegian Reporter
The University of Richmond men’s soccer team earned its first win of the season Saturday during a game against Marshall University (2-6) as a part of the Duquesne Invitational, during which the Spiders also played Lafayette College (2-3-1).
Read the full article here.
Sept. 18, 2008
Men’s basketball to rely on its returning players
By Jacki Raithel, Collegian Staff
Next Saturday, the Spiders will kick off their season with a home opener against Randolph-Macon College at 8 p.m. – the first of 31 scheduled regular season games.
Read the full article here.
Nov. 13, 2008
New men’s tennis coach focuses on fitness as...
By Jacki Raithel, Collegian Reporter
The men’s varsity tennis team and new head coach Billy Boykin will start the fall season Friday with the Navy Invite Tournament at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md.
Read the full article here.
Sept. 11, 2008
Former Richmond football players ready for NFL...
By Jacki Raithel, Collegian Reporter
The NFL’s opening weekend is just around the corner and two former Richmond Spiders have every reason to be excited. Tim Hightower, and Arman Shields — 2008 Richmond graduates — will suit up for their rookie years as NFL players.
Read the full story here.
Sept. 4, 2008