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Track Named USTFCCCA All-Academic, Five Earned Individual Honors
7/26/2018 2:48 PM | Track & Field
NEW ORLEANS - The Utah track and field team was selected as a U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-Academic Team while Caitlin Faust, Grayson Murphy, Sarah Newton, Jessica Sams and Poppy Tank earned individual All-Academic honors.
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As a team, the Utes had a 3.52 grade point average.
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Murphy finished sixth in the 3,000 steeplechase at the outdoor NCAA Championships and was 10th in the 5,000 at the indoor NCAA Championships in 2018. A five-time All-American at Utah who holds four school records, she graduated with a degree in civil engineering.
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Faust competed in the NCAA West Preliminary in the 800, finishing 19th in the semifinals. She ran a personal-best 800 time of 2:06.70 at the Pac-12 Championships.
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Newton ran a personal-best 800 time of 2:07.27 at the Pac-12 Championships, finishing seventh. She finished 26th in the 800 at the NCAA West Preliminary.
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Sams competed in the 5,000 at the NCAA West Preliminary. She placed fourth in the event at the Mt. SAC Relays with a personal-best time of 16:14.44 which ranks fourth all-time at Utah.
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Tank finished ninth in the 3,000 at the MPSF Championships with a personal-best time of 9:26.29, which ranks fifth all-time at Utah.
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To be eligible for an individual award, student-athletes must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.25, ranked in the top 96 individually during the indoor season or have competed in any round of the NCAA Division I Championships during the outdoor season.
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As a team, the Utes had a 3.52 grade point average.
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Murphy finished sixth in the 3,000 steeplechase at the outdoor NCAA Championships and was 10th in the 5,000 at the indoor NCAA Championships in 2018. A five-time All-American at Utah who holds four school records, she graduated with a degree in civil engineering.
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Faust competed in the NCAA West Preliminary in the 800, finishing 19th in the semifinals. She ran a personal-best 800 time of 2:06.70 at the Pac-12 Championships.
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Newton ran a personal-best 800 time of 2:07.27 at the Pac-12 Championships, finishing seventh. She finished 26th in the 800 at the NCAA West Preliminary.
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Sams competed in the 5,000 at the NCAA West Preliminary. She placed fourth in the event at the Mt. SAC Relays with a personal-best time of 16:14.44 which ranks fourth all-time at Utah.
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Tank finished ninth in the 3,000 at the MPSF Championships with a personal-best time of 9:26.29, which ranks fifth all-time at Utah.
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To be eligible for an individual award, student-athletes must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.25, ranked in the top 96 individually during the indoor season or have competed in any round of the NCAA Division I Championships during the outdoor season.
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