NEW ORLEANS – The Utah track & field team posted the highest team GPA among all the teams honored by the USTFCCCA, for both men and women, and also had a program-best 15 runners garner individual academic accolades.
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Utah's team GPA of 3.813 marked the 11th-consecutive season and 13th season overall that the Utes have earned USTFCCCA All-Academic Team award.
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Of the 15 that earned individual academic awards, seven have now earned the honor multiple times. The program record number of honorees this season include,
Chelsea Amoah,
McKaylie Caesar,
Emily Chaston,
Morgan Jensen,
Bailey Kealamakia,
Sona Kourilova,
Kyla Martin,
Emily Martin,
Clara Mayfield,
Annie Ivins,
Anna Peters,
Bri Rinn,
Megan Rose,
Erin Vringer and
Millie Wilcox.
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Mayfield leads the way with her fifth-straight selection, second with the Utes. Chaston picked up her fourth all-academic award and first with Utah. Jensen, Martin and Vringer have now earned three-straight while Caesar Kealamakia picked up the award for the second time in their careers.
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To be considered an NCAA Division I All-Academic Athlete:
- Cumulative GPA: 3.25 or higher on a 4.0 scale, including the most recent grading period, certifiable by either NCAA Faculty Rep or NCAA Compliance Coordinator or Registrar's Office.
- Institutions utilizing a different GPA scale must convert the GPA to a 4.0 scale using the standard conversion method [GPA/Scale x 4.0].
- Athletic criteria for the award can be met in either the indoor season, the outdoor season, or both:
- For the indoor season: must have finished the season ranked in the top 96 in any championship individual event, or in the top 48 in any championship relay event, for the most recent indoor season, certifiable by their place on final season performance lists on TFRRS for Indoor Track and Field (including performances achieved outside the qualifying window during the indoor season).
- For the outdoor season: must have participated in any round of the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships (the Preliminary Championship Competition and/or the Final Championship Competition) or must have finished the season ranked in the top 48 in the East or top 48 in the West for the most recent outdoor season, certifiable by place on the NCAA Division I descending order list on TFRRS for Outdoor Track and Field.
- Must have completed at least two (2) semesters or three (3) quarters at the certifying institution.
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