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Marshall Track & Field Preview
\nBy Ben Anderson<\/a>, FM88 Sports
\nMarch 17, 2025
\nHUNTINGTON, W. Va. (WMUL-FM) \u2014 The Marshall Track & Field Team is coming off a historic indoor season with graduate student Kylee Mastin winning three gold medals at the Sun Belt Conference Indoor Championships.<\/p>\n

The Herd now has to rely on its younger runners to carry on the momentum, as Mastin\u2019s career ended after the meet due to the Covid-19 eligibility rules.<\/p>\n

Sophomore Taylor Spencer is one of the many female runners who learned from Mastin and credited her and others before her for the team\u2019s success.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a very long list of things that I learned from Kylie (Mastin), Abby (Herring) and Mckenna (Woodruff),\u201d Spencer said. \u201cI\u2019m going to miss their presence here, but they kind of taught us how to be train like an athlete, how to work like a student athlete, and ultimately how to be a good competitor.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI am confident because of the things they taught us, that we can do the same thing and progress just like they taught us how to do,\u201d Spencer said.<\/p>\n

The Herd has faced much top competition this season from the Atlantic Coastal Conference, Southeast Conference, and the Sun Belt Conference. Spencer said that the challenging schedule in the indoor helps prepare the team for what awaits in the outdoor season.<\/p>\n

\u201cGoing against a lot of Power fives are really helping us push since obviously we are not in a power conference,\u201d Spencer said. \u201cI truly believe that this university has the competitors to compete with those power five schools.\u201d<\/p>\n

Spencer\u2019s main focus will compete in multiple events for the Herd.<\/p>\n

\u201cGoing to focus a bit more on the steeplechase,\u201d Spencer said. \u201cI ended up trying it at the end of the year and did fairly well. I\u2019ll run an occasional 1500 as well, so I\u2019ve never ran that event before.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another runner who is coming off a successful indoor season is junior Hannah Wyler, who was on the Distance Medley Relay\u00a0 gold team at the outdoor conference championships. Wyler aims to carry that momentum throughout the outdoor season.<\/p>\n

Wyler said her goal for the outdoor season is to work on speed in her events.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe 1500, I want to run probably mid to low four twenties if not faster,\u201d Wyler said. \u201cI want to make it the first rounds, but obviously I have to have the time for that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWinning the DMR (Distance Medley Relay) definitely will be a top memory that I have here,\u201d Wyler said. \u201cIt really motivates me to try to place at conference in whatever I will run there.\u201d Leaders on the men\u2019s side are senior Kazuma Bowring, who said that the younger runners have adapted well leading up to the outdoor season.<\/p>\n

\u201cTraining with them on the distance side, all fall and all indoor a lot of them have progressed,\u201d Bowring said. \u201cThey\u2019ve learned that high school and college racing are two totally different things. It\u2019s cool to see them succeed now as they\u2019re learning how to race properly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bowring comes off earning all-conference honors at the Sun Belt Conference Indoor Championships with his performance in the men\u2019s 800. Bowring said that his main focus is to reach new heights.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course I want a PR, I want to run those fast times at make Regionals (NCAA East Regional),\u201d Bowring said. \u201cI\u2019m really focused on making at least one final at that outdoor conference (Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Championships). I\u2019ve yet to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of the younger runners entering the outdoor season is freshman Justin Lipscomb. Lipscomb said that he feels like his best self in the outdoor season.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhere I come from, I\u2019ve only raced like two indoor meets and those were in two different years at Marshall (Marshall high school meet),” Lipscomb said. \u201cSo, I\u2019ve always been an outdoor guy, and I love outdoor more than cross country.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lipscomb said that he has developed the competitor\u2019s mindset at the collegiate level throughout his first season wearing the Kelly green and white.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019ve definitely learned a lot about race strategy,\u201d Lipscomb said. \u201cWhere I come from (in) Double AA West Virginia, there is not a ton of guys, it\u2019s a lot smaller.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cJust going on the D1 level, race strategy is huge,\u201d Lipscomb said. \u201cThat was a big learning point in indoor track.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lipscomb said that the coaching staff at Marshall is a big reason for his early success at the collegiate level.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a good coaching staff that will listen to you,\u201d Lipscomb said. \u201cIf your body\u2019s hurt to a certain extent they can adjust if it\u2019s too much. Having a coaching staff that encourages you and hyping you up and actually cares about the athletes, it just makes everything easier, whether it\u2019s in competition or in practice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Marshall Track & Field begins the outdoor season under second-year director Keith Roberts on Friday in Coral Gables, Fla. with the Miami Invitational.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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