Princeton University Athletics
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Six Named to USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
July 27, 2015 | Women's Track and Field
Earning the honors are rising junior Lizzie Bird, rising junior Megan Curham, rising senior Emily de La Bruyere, rising senior Kathryn Fluehr, rising junior Katie Hanss and rising senior Julia Ratcliffe.
The women's track & field team also qualified with a cumulative 3.46 GPA to earn USTFCCCA All-Academic team honors.
Bird earns her second USTFCCA academic honor as she reached the NCAA Championship in the steeplechase. She finished 22nd in the race and clocked a PR of 9:54.76 at the NCAA East Regional, the second fastest time in Princeton history.
Curham qualified for her success in both indoor and outdoor. She competed in both the NCAA indoor and outdoor national championships and earned All-America honors in each. She was 10th in the indoor 5k and 12th in the outdoor 10k. Curham was also named an all-academic in cross country this year.
For the third consecutive season, de La Bruyere makes the list. She competed in the steeplechase at the NCAA East Regional, recording a PR of 10:14.11. de La Bruyere was also a member of the DMR that ranked 48th indoors.
Fluehr ran in the 5k at the NCAA East Regional after posting a PR of 16:23.06 earlier in the season. Her rankings in the indoor 3k and 5k also qualified her athletically.
Hanss makes the academic team for the first time, as a member of the 48th-ranked DMR.
The 2014 Scholar-Athlete of the Year, Ratcliffe was the national runner-up in the hammer throw. She was also ranked 32nd in the weight throw during in the indoor season.
To qualify for the USTFCCCA All-Academic Track and Field Team, the student-athlete must have compiled a cumulative grade point average of 3.25 and have met either of the following athletic standards: for the indoor season, a student-athlete must have finished the regular season ranked in the national top 96 in an individual event or ranked in the national top 48 (collective listing) in a relay event on the official NCAA POP list provided by TFRRS.org; for the outdoor season, a student-athlete must have participated in any round of the NCAA Division I Championships (including preliminary rounds).