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USTFCCCA All-Americans for 2014 Division I Outdoor T&F Season Announced
June 16, 2014
NEW ORLEANS - The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced Monday the list of those Division I student-athletes who earned USTFCCCA All-America honors for the 2014 outdoor track & field season.
Student-athletes were honored for their performances at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships this past weekend in Eugene, Ore.
First-Team All-America honors were awarded to those who finished among the top eight in an individual or relay event as part of a team; Second-Team All-America honors went to those who finished between ninth and 16th; and Honorable Mention honors were given to the remaining finishers.
Honorable Mention honorees should not be referred to as All-Americans.
Click the following links to find full All-America lists for men and women, in addition to lists of Honorable Mention awards for men and women.
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Past USTFCCCA All-Americans
FINAL Season Information:
NCAA Team Scoring Summary
2014 Men’s Team Winner:
Oregon, 88
2014 Women’s Team Winner:
Texas A&M, 75
Final Results: TFRRS
Championships Video (NCAA):
Men | Women
USTFCCCA National Championships Central
Four men earned three First-Team nods each, including a pair of two-time national champions in Texas A&M's Deon Lendore and Florida's Dedric Dukes. Lendore took home titles at 400 meters and in the 4x400 relay finale, while Dukes claimed wins at 200 meters and in the 4x100 relay – edging out Lendore in the final meters in the latter.
Southern California's Aaron Brown and Florida's Hugh Graham, Jr., both also earned three First-Team certificates.
Among the 25 men who earned two First-Team honors were long jump/triple jump champ Marquis Dendy of Florida, 5000 meters champ Lawi Lalang of Arizona and 10,000 meters champ Edward Cheserek of Oregon.
Behind Dukes, Dendy and Graham, Florida earned a nation-best 18 First-Team All-America certificates, though it was Oregon with 14 that ultimately claimed the national team title. Third-place Texas A&M checked in with 12 honorees, while fourth-place LSU earned 11.
Everything is bigger in Texas, a point proven by the four All-America First Team honors earned by both Olivia Ekponé of Texas A&M and Morolake Akinosun of Texas. Both claimed national titles in relay events, with Ekponé anchoring the winning 4x100 and Akinosun in the victorious 4x400.
Seven different women claimed three First-Team awards each, including a pair of dual winners from the Lone Star State in Texas' 400-meters champ Courtney Okolo and Texas A&M's 200 meters winner Kamaria Brown. Both ran on their respective winning relays.
Also notable as a three-time First-Team honoree was Oregon's Jenna Prandini, who won the long jump and came within a thousandth of a second from winning at 200 meters to go along with a third-place 100 meters showing. Her 24 points were the most scored by a woman at the championships since 2001.
Other three-time honorees included Robin Reynolds of Florida, Kendall Baisden of Texas, Tynia Gaither of Southern California, and Mahagony Jones of Penn State.
Nineteen other women earned two First-Team All-America awards each.
Splitting the top spot on the total First-Team awards list by team at 16 honorees each were team champion Texas A&M, runner-up Texas and fourth-place Florida. Third-place Oregon earned 12 First-Team awards.
In terms of conferences, the SEC topped the list for both the women and men with 72 and 68. The Pac-12 and Big Ten were next on the men's side with 42 and 21, respectively, while rounding out the women's top three were the Big 12 with 39 and the Pac-12 with 32.
Click the following links to find full All-America lists for men and women, in addition to lists of Honorable Mention awards for men and women.
U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association
1100 Poydras Street, Suite 1750
New Orleans, LA 70163
Contact: Kyle Terwillegar
Communications Assistant
kyle@ustfccca.org
(504) 599-8905
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