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Curham Wins Fourth All-America Honor to Complete the Cycle; 10th at NCAAs
March 14, 2015 | Women's Track and Field
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (3/13/15) - Sophomore Megan Curham accomplished a feat not many collegiate athletes can claim, and it took her less than two years to do.
Tonight with her 10th-place finish at the NCAA indoor championships, Curham has 'gone the cycle' earning All-America honors across all three sports - in cross country, indoor track and outdoor track.
She is just the second Tiger in Princeton history to earn All-America honors in all three disciplines, joining Emily Kroshus '04. Four others have competed in each of the three championships.
Curham was under the weather this week but pushed through it, running 16:07.46 to finish in 10th place in the 5,000 meters, seven seconds off her personal record of 16:00.71.
"I did have a sinus infection earlier this week that was mostly but not completely healed," Curham said. "I tried my best to not let it bother me during the race and not think too much about it. I really wanted top eight and I'm looking forward to spring now and especially Florida for a short break."
The Princeton team heads to Orlando for its annual spring break training trip today.
Providence Emily Sisson was the favorite in the race and didn't disappoint. She broke away early with Butler's Rachel Johnson joining her for the first 3,000 meters. The lead pack followed, which Curham was a part of the entire race.
At 1,600 meters, Curham was in 11th and moved her way up into eighth place by 2,000 meters. She dropped back to ninth at 2,800 meters and held it for three laps before slipping back to 10th at 3,400 meters. Curham maintained that position for the final seven laps.
She posted sub-38 200-meter splits seven times and kicked 37.86 in the final 200 meters.
This was Curham's first time competing at the NCAA indoors and fourth All-America honor. She has two All-America honors in cross country (34th in 2013, 18th in 2014) and one second-team All-America honor in the outdoor 10k (11th in 2014).
"I would say all three seasons of NCAA championships are special to me because they are all so different," Curham said. "The longer the race the better in my opinion, so I'm excited for the 10k outdoor, but each is special and I still want to improve in all three."
Only Cack Ferrell has won more All-America honors with five (XC - 2003, 2004, 2005, Indoor - 2005, 2006).