In all of school history, Eastern track and field has sent four athletes to the Olympics. One of these four has been honored for the past 10 years at Eastern’s premier track meet. The namesake of this meet is John Craft. Craft attended the 1972 Munich Olympics where he placed fifth in the triple jump..
First-year Director of Track and Field/Cross Country James Gildon coached his first track meet as director on Thursday. This was the Eastern Illinois Early Bird meet, which took place in the Lantz Indoor Fieldhouse. Only one other school was invited to this meet, division two McKendree University out of Lebanon, Illinois. The Panthers won the.
The Board of Trustees approved fiscal year ’24 budget and a view of the projected ‘25 budget during their meeting Friday afternoon. Eastern’s projected FY24 state appropriation is $46,540,300, a 7% increase from the previous year, with a total of $167,848,900. The estimated change for FY25 is around an 8% increase. The Board approved all.
Approval of the fiscal year 24 and projected FY 25 budget, several purchase approvals and revisions to board regulations are scheduled to be voted on during the semester’s first Board of Trustees meeting in the Grand Ballroom in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union at 1 p.m. Purchase approvals include spending for conference dues.
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