Petition Drives continue!!  Here is what you can do!!!
1.  Sign a petition at one of the Gazelle Store locations or
2.  Sign a petition on February 3rd from 12:00 to 4:00 p.m. at the WMU Flagpole or WMU Library or
3.  Download the attached petition (MS Word) and sign it, get your friends to sign it, get your relatives to sign it, get your coworkers to sign it, get your team mates to sign it, get your neighbors to sign it, get your teachers to sign it, get your mailperson to sign it, get the plumber to sign it, get your bus driver to sign it, and get your stylist to sign it! [click here to download]   Then send it to Bring Back Track, c/o Gazelle Sports, Burdick Mall, Kalamazoo, MI 49001.

News for January 25, 2004

WMU Places 3rd in Central Collegiate Conference Championships!  [more...]

Two..Yes.. Two Trot to Save Track Runs on February 5!!  There will be two locations for these runs:  1. Around the WMU campus and...  2. Around the Block near Gazelle Sports Downtown.  Both events are from 4 to 7 p.m.  Jump in where ever and when ever!  The event at WMU is sponsored by the WMU Running Club and the event downtown is sponsored by the Bring Back Track organization.

Judith Bailey responds in January 21 Herald Article!  [more...]
[The administration responds in this article as we would expect.  They have made a decision and they must stand by it.  We recognize that they are in a very difficult situation.  They must cut expenses somewhere.  We disagree, however, with how those cuts were made.  We also believe we were not given sufficient time to prepare and present fiscally responsible alternatives.  The administration's response is no different than the responses at Eastern Michigan,  Miami, Dartmouth (swimming), and Princeton (wrestling).  All of these schools,  eventually, through constant pressure, brought back their sport.  It really comes down to who can outlast the other.   DON'T GIVE THEM THAT PLEASURE!!]

News for January 21, 2004

Students Speak Out on WMU Campus!   The Running Club at WMU is sponsoring a "Save Our Sports" (SOS) Forum at the Bernhard Center (Room 208) on Tuesday, February 3rd at 7pm.  Learn about the athletic cuts and what YOU can do!!

Trot to Save Track!!  Starting at 4 pm and continuing until 7 pm on Thursday, February 5th, runners supporting WMU Cross Country and Track & Field will jog around the WMU campus.  The Event will start at the Flag Poles, but if you come late you can join in on any part of the loop around campus!! At 5:00 pm there will be a SOS (Save Our Sports) Rally at the Campus Flag Poles.  Speak Out to Save WMU Sports!!!

Western Herald Article on Upcoming Save our Sports Events!!

News for January 16, 2004

The momentum continues to build as awareness has increased over the past week.  Hits to the website are growing, the mailing list is growing, and we continue to make more influential contacts.  We are now taking our message statewide to the communities that our athletes are from and to the alumni in those areas.  If you haven't joined our mailing list, click here!  E-mail your running friends about this site!

The death of men's track & field in the MAC; Article by Tom Borish at TrackShark.com

Check out www.mactrack.net!   Read the discussions going on in the forums about WMU!

There are also discussions in the chat rooms at Broncos Illustrated

Thursday, January 15, 2004 the WMU Running Club started a student petition drive to bring back Men's Cross Country and Track and Field programs.  They collected over 750 signatures from 10 am until 2 pm at the Flagpole on the WMU campus with temperatures in the teens.  Visit their website!  Coverage by Channel 3 News!

Additions to the site:
2004 01 15 Story in Jan 14 Western Herald
2004 01 12 Channel 17 News Coverage on BringBackTrack
2004 01 12 Battle Creek Enquirer Article on Aaron Nasers and U of Nebraska
2004 01 12 Running Times Article (Nov 2003) on Title IX and Men's T&F(Thanks  to Dick Smith for this link)
2004 01 09 Ten more Reasons to Keep WMU XC/T&F
2004 01 09 World Record Performances by WMU Athlete Ira Murchison
2004 01 09 MAC Individual Champions

Our first community informational meeting was on January 7!!  We had great news coverage from the Western Herald, Kalamazoo Gazette,  and Channel 3 news.  In addition we had interviews on WQSN Sports Radio and WKZO Talk Radio.  The momentum is building!!  Click for Gazette Story!

Organization!!  We have now created committees to focus our efforts.  Our spokesperson is Chris Crowell, former WMU athlete and co-owner of Gazelle Sports.

If you are interested in assisting on any of these committees you can call the Chair or leave us a note here.