Women’s Track Honored For Academic Prowess

Team Earns USTFCCCA All-Academic Designation

07/10/07 10:37AM

NEW ORLEANS, LA - The United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association on Monday named William and Mary’s women’s track team as one of 97 All-Academic teams for the 2007 competition year. Arizona State, the NCAA indoor and outdoor team champions, was named the Academic Team of the Year.

The team carried a 3.21 grade-point average last year, while earning runner-up honors at the CAA Championships. W&M also took second at the snow-shortened Colonial Relays in April, the first time the meet had been held since 2003. At the ECAC Championships, the Tribe tied for 24th out of 51 indoors, and tied for 14th out of 49 outdoors.

Individually, the team earned six CAA titles, one ECAC title, 13 all-conference honors, and 10 All-East accolades. Senior Bonnie Meekins (Herndon, Va.) was an NCAA provisional qualifier indoors in both the pentathlon and high jump, and outdoors was invited to the NCAA Championships in the heptathlon, where she would finish 16th.

W&M had the highest GPA of any state team or CAA team on the list. To be named an All-Academic team, a squad must carry a minimum GPA of 3.0.