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The Daily Eastern News

The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

Sophomore sprinter Taji Mathis-Akinremi quit wrestling in his past to race in track and field.

Sophomore sprinter talks about wrestling background in Q&A

Zaria Flippin, Sports Editor April 2, 2025

Sophomore sprinter Taji Mathis-Akinremi is in his second year with Eastern’s track and field team.  From Chicago, Mathis-Akinremi attended Homewood-Flossmoor High School and got his start on the...

Members of the Eastern track team compete in the men’s mile at the John Craft Invitational on Jan. 15, 2022 in the Lantz Field House. Eastern’s Jamie Marcos (3) finished the race with a time of 4:12.83, placing first out of 18 runners.

EIU men’s track team takes first at OVC Indoor Track & Field Championships

Kate Stevens, Assistant Sports Editor February 23, 2023

EIU’s men’s track took first place in the OVC Indoor Track & Field Championships for the first time since the 2019-2020 at the two-day meet in Birmingham, Ala. The meet was held Wednesday into...

GoFundMe started to raise money for family of recently deceased student

GoFundMe started to raise money for family of recently deceased student

Corryn Brock, Editor-in-Chief November 1, 2021

A friend of Jason Aguilar, a sophomore accounting major and track athlete who died Saturday night, started a GoFundMe to raise money to assist with expenses related to his death. As of 12:21 p.m. Monday,...

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