2012-13 WVU Track & Field Guide

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Recent Major Accomplishments Under Cleary Track & FIeld -Three All-America performances between Chelsea Carrier-Eades and Jessica O’Connell in 2012 - 10 individuals sent to NCAA East Regional and 18 to Big East Indoor and Outdoor Championships in 2012 -Four CoSIDA Academic All-Americans in 2012 (1st team: Kate Harrison, Kaitlyn Gillespie; 3rd team: Kaylyn Christopher, Ahna Lewis) -13 All-America performances by eight athletes during the 2011 indoor and outdoor seasons -Sent a school-record seven athletes to the NCAA Outdoor Championships in 2011 -Eight Big East champions in 2011 and tied school-record 12 athletes sent to regionals - Eight All-Americans in 2010 - Listed at No. 5 on the Terry Crawford Program of the Year list - 10th place at NCAA Indoor Championships - 16th place at the NCAA Outdoor Championships - Fourth-place finishes at Big East Indoor and Outdoor Championships - 2010 Mid-Atlantic Field Athlete of the Year, Chelsea Carrier-Eades - Five conference champions in 2010 - Four NCAA Qualifiers in 2008 - 2008-09 Mid-Atlantic Region Track Athlete of the Year, Clara Grandt - 2009 Big East Indoor Most Outstanding Track Performer - Nine Big East champions in 2009 - Four USTFCCCA All-Academic team members in 2009 Marie-Louise Asselin - 2007-10 All-American - 2010 All-American in three sports (cross county, indoor track and outdoor track) - 2010 ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team - 2010 Big East Scholar-Athlete Sport Excellence Award - 2010 runner up at NCAA Indoor Championships (5,000-meter) - 2010 runner up at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (5,000-meter) - 2010 Big East Indoor Champion in the 5,000-meter run - 2007, 2008, 2009 Cross Country All-American - 2008 Big East individual cross country champion - 2008-10 All-Big East team - 2007-10 All-Mid-Atlantic Region team - 2008 ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District first team - 2007 seventh at NCAA track and field Championships in 3,000-meter - 2007 3,000-meter Big East indoor track and field champion -2007 ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-American national third team Katelyn Williams - Third team All-American in the high jump in 2011 - NCAA qualifier in the high jump during the outdoor season in 2010 - Penn Relays high jump division champion in 2010 - NCAA Regional outdoor qualifier as a freshman

Keri Bland - Third-team CoSIDA Academic All American in 2011 - Third-team All-American in the 1,500-meter run in 2011 - 2007-10 All-American in all three sports - 2009 Big East Indoor Championship Most Outstanding Performer - Set school and Big East Championship meet record in mile event at 2009 Indoor Championships - First WVU female to become All-American in three sports in same year - 2007, 2008, 2009 Cross Country All-American - 2008-10 All-Big East team - 2007-10 All-Mid-Atlantic Region team - 2008 ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District Second Team - 2008 1,000-meter Big East indoor track and field champion - 2008 10th in NCAA outdoor 1,500-meter Clara Grandt - 2010 All-American in three sports - 2009 Cross Country All-American - 2009 NCAA Mid-Atlantic Region Track Athlete of the Year - 10,000-meter ECAC outdoor meet record - NCAA outdoor qualifier in 5,000-meter and 10,000-meter - 2008 Team USA Cross Country team member - NCAC Champion - 2008 All-Big East team - 2008 All-Mid-Atlantic Region team Distance Medley Relay - Eighth at 2010 NCAAs/All-American - Fourth at 2008 NCAAs/All-American - Big East meet record and school record Chelsea Carrier-Eades -2012 All-American in the heptathlon (third, 5,839 points) and 100m hurdles (7th, 13.10) -Broke school record in the 100m hurdles with a 12.78 in the semifinals round at the 2012 NCAA Outdoor Championships, breaking her previous best of 12.93 from the 2012 Big East Championships - Won heptathlon at the Texas Relays for a second consecutive year, first female to accomplish the feat - Placed 13th in the 100m hurdles semifinals at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials - In 2011, broke records in the 60m hurdles, pentathlon, 100m hurdles and heptathlon - First team All-American in heptathlon and third team All-American in the 100m hurdles in 2011 - All-American in the 60m hurdles during the 2011 indoor season - 2010 two-time All-American (Pentathlon and 60-meter hurdles) - 2010 Mid-Atlantic Field Athlete of the Year - 2010 Big East Indoor Champion in the Pentathlon and 60-meter hurdles - 15th in the pentathlon event at the 2009 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships - 2009 100-meter hurdles Big East outdoor champion, ECAC and NCAA qualifier - 60-meter hurdles ECAC indoor champion - NCAA Regional qualifier

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