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Eight from Women's Track & Team Earn Academic Honors
July 29, 2016 | Women's Track and Field
NEW ORLEANS (7/29/16) - Eight members of the Princeton women's track & field team have been named All-Academic it was announced by U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). The team itself was also honored, earning UFTFCCCA All-Academic team accolades, after qualifying with a cumulative GPA of 3.46.
Lizzie Bird, Emily de La Bruyere, Kathryn Fluehr, Ashley Forte, Katie Hanss, Kerry Krause, Ally Markovich and Kennedy O'Dell all earned individual All-Academic honors.
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), or for multi-events finished in the top 48 in the region.
de La Bruyere earned the honors every single year she was a student-athlete at Princeton, as she graduated in May. She qualifed for the NCAA regional in both the steeplechase and the 5k. de La Bruyere posted a PR of 10:06.26 in the steeple at the Larry Ellis Invite and was the runner-up at Heps. She ran her best 5k time of the season at Stanford, at 16:04.19.
Bird captures her third academic honor of her career. Indoor she ranked 31st in the mile at 4:39.32, 41st in the 3,000 at 9:18.42 and qualified for the NCAA regional in the steeplechase with a 10:10.28.
Fluehr nabbed her second academic honor qualifying for the regional in the 10k. She was the Heps 10k runner-up and ran a PR of 34:29.59 this season.
Hanss earned her second academic honor as well. The middle distance runner was 96th indoors in the 800 at 2:09.26 and ran a 4:22.63 in the 1500 at the Larry Ellis Invite to qualify for the NCAA Regional. She was a member of the 4x800 relay that finished second at outdoor Heps along with Forte.
Forte ranked 78th in the indoor 800 (2:0867) and competed in the regional where she posted a PR of 2:07.64.
Multi-eventer Krause qualified as she finished the outdoor season ranked 23rd in the heptathlon.
Markovich was the third Tiger that qualified as a steeplechaser. She posted a PR of 10:26.24 at Larry Ellis this season to qualify for the regional.
Hammer throw champion O'Dell threw a PR of 56.81 at ECACs a week after claiming the Heps title. She competed in her first regional throwing 52. 66.
Lizzie Bird, Emily de La Bruyere, Kathryn Fluehr, Ashley Forte, Katie Hanss, Kerry Krause, Ally Markovich and Kennedy O'Dell all earned individual All-Academic honors.
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), or for multi-events finished in the top 48 in the region.
de La Bruyere earned the honors every single year she was a student-athlete at Princeton, as she graduated in May. She qualifed for the NCAA regional in both the steeplechase and the 5k. de La Bruyere posted a PR of 10:06.26 in the steeple at the Larry Ellis Invite and was the runner-up at Heps. She ran her best 5k time of the season at Stanford, at 16:04.19.
Bird captures her third academic honor of her career. Indoor she ranked 31st in the mile at 4:39.32, 41st in the 3,000 at 9:18.42 and qualified for the NCAA regional in the steeplechase with a 10:10.28.
Fluehr nabbed her second academic honor qualifying for the regional in the 10k. She was the Heps 10k runner-up and ran a PR of 34:29.59 this season.
Hanss earned her second academic honor as well. The middle distance runner was 96th indoors in the 800 at 2:09.26 and ran a 4:22.63 in the 1500 at the Larry Ellis Invite to qualify for the NCAA Regional. She was a member of the 4x800 relay that finished second at outdoor Heps along with Forte.
Forte ranked 78th in the indoor 800 (2:0867) and competed in the regional where she posted a PR of 2:07.64.
Multi-eventer Krause qualified as she finished the outdoor season ranked 23rd in the heptathlon.
Markovich was the third Tiger that qualified as a steeplechaser. She posted a PR of 10:26.24 at Larry Ellis this season to qualify for the regional.
Hammer throw champion O'Dell threw a PR of 56.81 at ECACs a week after claiming the Heps title. She competed in her first regional throwing 52. 66.
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