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MacLean Secures Eighth In 5,000 At National Meet
MacLean tallies her second All-American honor of the week. Story Links The Middlebury women’s track and field team closed out competition at the NCAA Championships on Saturday. Audrey MacLean was the sole Panther to take part in the day, hitting the track in the 5,000 meters at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, […]
MacLean tallies her second All-American honor of the week.
The Middlebury women’s track and field team closed out competition at the NCAA Championships on Saturday. Audrey MacLean was the sole Panther to take part in the day, hitting the track in the 5,000 meters at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio.
HIGHLIGHTS
- MacLean settled into the middle of the pack for the first half of the race, climbing 10 spots by the midway point.
- The sophomore maintained 10th place until the final 400 where she passed a pair of competitors to finish in eighth place with a time of 16:42.81.
NOTES
- MacLean earned runner-up honors in the steeplechase on Thursday to secure a pair of All-American honors.
- This marked MacLean’s fourth appearance at a national meet, competing at the NCAA Championships in cross country each of the last two years, while placing sixth in the steeple a year ago.
- This season, MacLean rewrote the record books for Middlebury, setting clockings in steeplechase (10:21.15) and the 5,000 (16:26.94).
The official list of All-American honorees will be shared in the coming days.