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Stellar Year for Woolnough Continues with CoSIDA Academic All-District Honors
5/26/2022 12:38 PM | Track & Field
Senior Cara Woolnough was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District Team for the second time in her career.
FAYETVILLE – With competition at the NCAA West Regionals set to begin on the women's side on Thursday, May 26, Utah cross country and track & field standout Cara Woolnough was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District Team for district 8 the association announced.
This is the second time Woolnough has been named to the all-district team in her career, garnering second-team all-district honors in 2019 and recently graduated from the U with a 4.0 GPA in biomedical engineering. Additionally, she is the sixth student-athlete from the University of Utah across five different sports to earn CoSIDA Academic All-District Team accolades so far during the 2021-22 academic year.
Woolnough has had a great senior season, guiding Utah to a win at the Dellinger Invitational before helping the Utes to their highest finish at the Pac-12 Championships (second) during the cross country season – including a seventh-place finish individually. She also led the Women of Utah to a runner-up finish at the NCAA Cross Country West Regional meet, which earn her all-region honors to go with her First-Team All-Pac-12 award.
The indoor track season saw her win the 5k race at the UW Invite before setting a new PR in the indoor 3k (9:13.57) and second-place in the 5k at the Pac-12 Invitational.
Woolnough's outdoor season started off great just like her indoor season, winning the 1500m race at the Trojan Invitational with a PR mark of 4:21.29. She then broke the school record in the 5000m race at the Bryan Clay Invitational after posting a mark of 15:40.52 for her second-straight top-10 finish in the event this season before taking fourth-overall at the Pac-12 Championships.
Academically, the Brisbane, Australia, native has racked up the accolades in her collegiate career. In the 2021-22 academic calendar alone, Woolnough has earned Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll honors both in the fall and winter while also earning USTFCCCA Cross Country All-Academic.
Woolnough and the Women of Utah kick open the NCAA West Regionals this evening in Fayetteville, Ark., at John McDonald Field. First race for the Utes begins at 5:30 p.m. (MT) / 6:30 p.m. (CT) local while Woolnough is set to compete in the 5000m race on Saturday, May 28, at approximately 7:10 p.m. (MT) / 8:10 p.m. (CT) local.
For the latest news and information on the Utah cross country and track & field programs, fans can stay connected online at www.UtahUtes.com and on social media by following on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
This is the second time Woolnough has been named to the all-district team in her career, garnering second-team all-district honors in 2019 and recently graduated from the U with a 4.0 GPA in biomedical engineering. Additionally, she is the sixth student-athlete from the University of Utah across five different sports to earn CoSIDA Academic All-District Team accolades so far during the 2021-22 academic year.
Woolnough has had a great senior season, guiding Utah to a win at the Dellinger Invitational before helping the Utes to their highest finish at the Pac-12 Championships (second) during the cross country season – including a seventh-place finish individually. She also led the Women of Utah to a runner-up finish at the NCAA Cross Country West Regional meet, which earn her all-region honors to go with her First-Team All-Pac-12 award.
The indoor track season saw her win the 5k race at the UW Invite before setting a new PR in the indoor 3k (9:13.57) and second-place in the 5k at the Pac-12 Invitational.
Woolnough's outdoor season started off great just like her indoor season, winning the 1500m race at the Trojan Invitational with a PR mark of 4:21.29. She then broke the school record in the 5000m race at the Bryan Clay Invitational after posting a mark of 15:40.52 for her second-straight top-10 finish in the event this season before taking fourth-overall at the Pac-12 Championships.
Academically, the Brisbane, Australia, native has racked up the accolades in her collegiate career. In the 2021-22 academic calendar alone, Woolnough has earned Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll honors both in the fall and winter while also earning USTFCCCA Cross Country All-Academic.
Woolnough and the Women of Utah kick open the NCAA West Regionals this evening in Fayetteville, Ark., at John McDonald Field. First race for the Utes begins at 5:30 p.m. (MT) / 6:30 p.m. (CT) local while Woolnough is set to compete in the 5000m race on Saturday, May 28, at approximately 7:10 p.m. (MT) / 8:10 p.m. (CT) local.
For the latest news and information on the Utah cross country and track & field programs, fans can stay connected online at www.UtahUtes.com and on social media by following on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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