Many of these honored athletes and coaches are headed to the
2021 NAIA Outdoor Track & Field Championships next week in Gulf Shores, Alabama.
Men’s Track Athlete of the Year
GREAT LAKES REGION – Tony Floyd – Madonna (Mich.)
Floyd, a senior from Westland, Michigan, is ranked first nationally in the 5000 at 14:24.32 and second nationally in the 10,000 at 30:06.89. He completed the distance sweep at the WHAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships, winning the 5000 and 10,000.
MIDWEST REGION – Matthew Van Eps – Dordt (Iowa)
Van Eps, a senior from Prinsburg, Minnesota, is ranked second nationally in the 800 at 1:49.59 and is undefeated in that event, including a victory at the Drake Relays. He completed the 800-1500 sweep at the GPAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships and has 15 total first-place finishes this season.
2021 NJCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field All-America
NEW
ORLEANS – All-America
honors for the 2021 NJCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field season were
announced on Wednesday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches
Association (USTFCCCA).
Student-athletes earned USTFCCCA
All-America honors by virtue of finishing among the top-8 of their respective
individual events – including as a member of a relay – at the
2021 NJCAA Division III Outdoor Track &
Field Championships last week in Levelland, Texas.
There were 197 All-America honors split
among four programs based on efforts in the Lone Star State:
College of DuPage led all programs with
74 nods, followed by
May 19, 2021
NEW ORLEANS – Camryn Rogers was named to The Bowerman 2021 Post-Conference Championships Watch List, announced by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Wednesday.
It s the first time in California track & field history, man or woman, that a Golden Bear has been named to The Bowerman Watch List. Rogers is the only thrower on the current women s watch list and is one of three athletes from the Pac-12, along with USC s Twanisha (TeeTee) Terry and Anna Cockrell.
Rogers, from Richmond, British Columbia, currently leads the NCAA in the women s hammer throw, boasting a personal best mark of 73.09 meters (239-9) to pass the Olympic standard which she set on April, 17 at the West Coast Classic in Eugene, Oregon.
2021 NJCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field All-America
NEW
ORLEANS – All-America
honors for the 2021 NJCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field season were
announced on Wednesday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches
Association (USTFCCCA).
Student-athletes earned USTFCCCA
All-America honors by virtue of finishing among the top-8 of their respective
individual events – including as a member of a relay – at the
2021 NJCAA Division I Outdoor Track &
Field Championships last week in Levelland, Texas.
It should come as no surprise that those
teams who were right in the thick of the hunt for the national titles took home
the most All-America honors following the meet: