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Sjöberg Named USTFCCCA Northeast Track Athlete of the Year
Story Links NEW ORLEANS — Vera Sjöberg, a Boston University track & field team alumna, was named the USTFCCCA Northeast Track Athlete of the Year for the outdoor season on Friday afternoon. Sjöberg finished as national runner-up in the 5000m with a time of 15:34.77 at the NCAA Championships, the best […]
NEW ORLEANS — Vera Sjöberg, a Boston University track & field team alumna, was named the USTFCCCA Northeast Track Athlete of the Year for the outdoor season on Friday afternoon.
Sjöberg finished as national runner-up in the 5000m with a time of 15:34.77 at the NCAA Championships, the best finish by a Patriot League or BU woman ever. That also earned her First Team All-America honors in the event. Her performance in the 5K gave BU eight points and tied the Terriers for 34th place, the best finish of any Northeast school.
She also qualified for the 1500m final and finished 11th, snagging a Second Team All-America nod. She was one of two athletes to compete in both the 1500m and 5000m and was the first Patriot League or BU woman to compete in multiple events at the NCAA Championships.
On the conference level, the Stockholm, Sweden native won the 1500m, 5000m and was part of the winning 4x800m squad, setting meet records of 4:14.37 and 16:11.40 in the 1500m & 5000m, respectfully. For her efforts, she was named Patriot League Track Athlete of the Meet.
Sjöberg, who graduated from BU in just three years with a bachelor’s degree in English and a minor in women, gender and sexuality, also set school records in the 1500m (4:07.39) and 5000m (15:27.51) this season.