Florida's men named USTFCCCA Indoor Scholar Team of the Year for third time in program history.
Gators Amass USTFCCCA All-Academic Honors
Thursday, July 26, 2018 | Track and Field
NEW ORLEANS – A total of 13 Gators and both teams earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors, the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association announced this morning.
Florida's men were also named the USTFCCCA Indoor Scholar Team of the Year. The Gators won the honor by virtue of being the highest-finishing team at NCAA Indoor Championships—where the Gators won their first indoor national title since 2012—with at least a 3.00 cumulative grade point average.
This is the third time in program history the Gators' are receiving the honor, with the other two occurrences coming in 2012 and 2013.
All-Academic Individual honorees must have compiled a cumulative grade point average of 3.25 or higher, and met at least one of the following criteria:
The Gators' 13 individuals were:
Florida's men (3.19) and women (3.22) both eclipsed the 3.00 barrier required to be a USTFCCCA All-Academic Team. This is the fourth consecutive year the women earned the honor, while it is the first honor since 2013 for the men.
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Florida's men were also named the USTFCCCA Indoor Scholar Team of the Year. The Gators won the honor by virtue of being the highest-finishing team at NCAA Indoor Championships—where the Gators won their first indoor national title since 2012—with at least a 3.00 cumulative grade point average.
This is the third time in program history the Gators' are receiving the honor, with the other two occurrences coming in 2012 and 2013.
All-Academic Individual honorees must have compiled a cumulative grade point average of 3.25 or higher, and met at least one of the following criteria:
- Indoors: finished in the national top 96 in an individual event or ranked in the national top 48 in a relay event on the official TFRRS descending order list
- Outdoors: participated in any round of the NCAA Championships (including preliminary rounds)
The Gators' 13 individuals were:
- Sam Ahrenholz
- Avione Allgood
- Elisabeth Bergh (two-time honoree)
- Clayton Brown (two-time honoree)
- Anders Eriksson (three-time honoree)
- Kunle Fasasi (three-time honoree)
- Amanda Froeynes
- Asa Garcia (two-time honoree)
- Benjamin Lobo Vedel
- Thomas Mardal
- Megan Reed (two-time honoree)
- Chantz Sawyers
- Destiny Ward
Florida's men (3.19) and women (3.22) both eclipsed the 3.00 barrier required to be a USTFCCCA All-Academic Team. This is the fourth consecutive year the women earned the honor, while it is the first honor since 2013 for the men.
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