SMDR STORIES OF THE YEAR
The San Marcos Daily Record Sports Team is counting down the best stories from 2024. Coming in at No. 2 is Bobcat Hammer Thrower Elisabet Runarsdottir capturing the gold medal at NCAA Nationals. The article is a feature story on Runarsdottir originally published on 06/18/24 It had been 29 years since Texas State had a national champion in track and field with Inez Turner winning the 800-meter run in 1995. But after the completion of the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, the drought was over.
Sophomore Elisabet Runarsdottir broke the drought by winning the championship in the Hammer Throw to become the second ever woman track athlete to win a national title and the fourth Bobcat track athlete, man or woman, to win at the highest level.
