University of Mary Washington recent graduate Claire Harrington has been named as a first team Women's Track and Field Academic All-America selection by Capital One and the College Sports Information Directors of America. She becomes the 12th Capital One Academic All-American in school history, and becomes the first first team selection in 20 years.
Harrington graduated in May with a perfect 4.0 grade point average with a bachelor of science in Biology. She holds the UMW school record in both the indoor and outdoor pole vault. She was named one of three valedictorians at the school.
Harrington becomes the 12th Capital One Academic All-American in school history, and the first first team selection since Etta Agan (also track and field) in 1995.
UMW All-Time Academic All-Americans
Year Sport Name Team Sport
1994 Women's At‐Large Candice Malone 2 Field Hockey
1994 Women's At‐Large Stacy Sanders 3 Track & Field
1995 Women's At‐Large Etta Agan 1 Track & Field
1996 Women's At‐Large Kristen Erickson 3 Tennis
1998 Women's At‐Large Angie Saulsbury 3 Field Hockey
2000 Women's At‐Large Bridget Geiman 2 Lacrosse
2001 Women's At‐Large Bridget Geiman 2 Lacrosse
2001 Women's Soccer Rebecca Vaccaro 3
2002 Men's Track/XC Erik Kochert 2
2009 Men's Track/XC Justin German 3
2015 Women's Track/XC Claire Harrington 1
AUSTIN, Texas – Lucy Cheadle of Washington University in St. Louis headlines the 2015 Capital One Academic All-America ® Division III Women's Track & Field/Cross Country Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
A 13-time All-American in both track & field and cross country, Cheadle has been selected as the 2015 Capital One Academic All-America® of the Year for Division III Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country while Bonthius has been named the 2015 Capital One Academic All-America® of the Year for Division III Men’s Track & Field/Cross Country.
The Capital One Division III Academic All-America ® program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division III national governance structure, to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2014-15 Division III Academic All-America ® teams program.
Cheadle, a three-time Capital One Academic All-America®, is a chemical engineering major at Washington University with a 3.80 G.P.A. The senior from Seattle, Wash., is a first team selection this year and earned first team honors in 2014 with third team recognition in 2013.
She is the most decorated runner in Washington University history. In 2014, Cheadle became just the 13th runner in NCAA Division III women's cross country history to earn U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-America recognition in all four years of competition when she finished second at the NCAA Division III Women’s Cross Country Championships. She finished fifth at the Division III Championships in 2013, was 21st in the nation as a sophomore in 2012 and placed 20th as a freshman in 2011. She was named the USTFCCCA Division III Midwest Region Athlete of the Year in women’s cross country in 2013 and 2014 and won the University Athletic Association (UAA) Cross Country Championship three times in her career.
Cheadle is a three-time Division III Champion in track & field, winning the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the 2014 and 2015 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships and the title in the 5,000-meters at the 2015 Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships. She is a six-time All-American in indoor track & field earning the award four times in the 5,000-meters and twice in the 3,000-meters. Cheadle is a three-time All-American in outdoor track & field earning the honor in the 3,000-meter steeplechase.
Capital One Academic All-America® Division III Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country Team
Cheadle is one of 12 student-athletes to earn a repeat selection as Capital One Academic All-America® in Division III Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country. The team features 10 individuals with a perfect 4.0 G.P.A and the 17 first team selections have an average G.P.A of 3.87.
Cynthia Adams, a graduate student from Lebanon Valley College, is on the first team this year following a second team selection in 2014 and third team honors in 2013. A physical therapy major from Elysburg, Pa., with a 3.61 G.P.A., Adams won the NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championship in the 800-meters in 2015. She is a three-time USTFCCCA All-American in the 800-meter run, earning the award twice at the Division III Indoor Championships and once at the Division III Outdoor Championships. In 2014 she was honored as the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Indoor Track Athlete of the Year and is a 12-time MAC Champion in track & field.
Wartburg senior Kayla Hemann joins Adams and Cheadle as this year’s three Capital One Academic All-America® selections to earn the recognition three times in their career. Hemann, an accounting and business administration double-major from Saint Angsar, Iowa, has a 3.87 G.P.A. She is a first team-honoree this year following a first team selection in 2014 and third team honors in 2013. She has earned All-American recognition three times in the shot put, including a second-place finish in the event at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships in 2013. She is also a two-time All-American in the weight throw and earned the recognition once in discus.
Senior Emily Lambright of Moravian is a repeat selection after earning second team honors in 2014. She is a double-major in political science and economics with a 4.00 G.P.A. A native of Chalfont, Pa., Lambright is a first team honoree this year, earning all-mideast region honors from the USTFCCCA in cross country in 2014. She won four Landmark Conference titles in track in 2015 with indoor championships in the 3,000-meters and the 5,000-meters; and outdoor titles in the 5,000-meters and 10,000-meters.
Shelby Mahr of Wisconsin-Whitewater is a first team honoree this year following her third team recognition in 2014. Mahr, a senior from Boyd, Wis., is a special education major with a 3.97 G.P.A. Mahr is a nine-time All-American in throwing events and holds four school records. She is a two-time Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Judy Kruckman Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
Becca Sund of Augustana (Ill.) earned a repeat selection in 2015 after earning third team honors in 2014. Sund, a second team honoree this season, is a math and accounting double-major at Augustana with a 3.97 G.P.A. The senior from Palatine, Ill., was the recipient of a NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship in the fall of 2014. She is a two-time team MVP in cross country and has the seventh-fastest 6,000-meter time in the history of the Augustana cross country program.
Senior Elizabeth Composto of North Central College (Ill.) picked up second team honors for the second-straight year. A native of Bloomington, Ill., Composto is an interactive media studies major with a 3.88 G.P.A. She is a four-time USTFCCCA All-American in the indoor pole vault, becoming just the second North Central athlete to earn All-America honors in the same event in four straight years. In 2015 she placed eighth in the pole vault at the Division III Outdoor Championships for her fifth career All-America accolade.
Whitworth’s Dakota Kliamovich earned her second-straight second team recognition. The junior from Liberty Lake, Wash., is a double-major in biology and psychology with a 4.00 G.P.A. The two-time Northwest Conference Champion in the hammer throw, finished fifth in the event at the 2015 NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships to earn her second All-America recognition.
Emory University’s Elektra Korn was named a second team Capital One Academic All-America® this year to go with her third team recognition in 2014. Korn, a senior biology major from Woodinville, Wash., holds a 3.77 G.P.A. A four-time All-American, Korn holds Emory’s school record in the indoor 400-meter dash and the outdoor 400-meter hurdles. A seven-time UAA Champion, she was the 2014 UAA Outdoor Track & Field Most Valuable Performer.
Frances Loeb of Johns Hopkins earned a repeat selection in 2015 after earning third team honors in 2014. Loeb, a senior from Wynnewood, Pa., is a psychology major with a 3.62 G.P.A. She earned two USTFCCCA All-America selections in cross country in her career. She finished second in the 5,000-meter run and fourth in the 10,000-meters at the 2015 Division III Outdoor Championships. Loeb placed sixth in the 5,000-meters and seventh in the 3,000-meter run at the 2015 Division III Indoor Championships.
Lebanon Valley junior Kelsey Patrick is a repeat selection in 2015, following her 2014 third team recognition. A second team honoree this year, Patrick is a physical therapy major with a 3.93 G.P.A. The native of Tamaqua, Pa., won the MAC Cross Country Championship in 2012 and 2013 and earned the conference’s Runner of the Year award. A three-time USTFCCCA All-Region selection, she is a three-time qualifier for the NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships.
Trisha King of Trine University earned third team recognition for the second consecutive year. A senior from Archbold, Ohio, King is a math education major with a 3.89 G.P.A. A three-time qualifier in the 800-meter run at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships, she has one All-America selection to her credit.
Seniors Abby Bullmore of Wheaton College (Ill.), Claire Harrington of Mary Washington and Elizabeth Weirs from Gustavus Adolphus were named as first teamers with a perfect 4.0 G.P.A. Junior Amy Regan of Stevens Institute of Technology and sophomore Maryann Gong of MIT also picked up first team accolades with a 4.0 G.P.A. Junior Amy Viti of Misericordia earned second team recognition with a 4.0 G.P.A. Sophomore Kaitlyn Arnold from Alma College and fellow sophomore Katie Krick from Nebraska Wesleyan each posted a 4.0 G.P.A. to earn a spot on the third team.
FIRST TEAM
Name School Yr. Hometown GPA Major
Cynthia Adams (2) (%) Lebanon Valley Gr. Elysburg, Pa. 3.61 Physical Therapy
Allie Boudreau Illinois Wesleyan Sr. Deerfield, Ill. 3.71 Accounting
Abby Bullmore Wheaton (Ill.) Sr. Kenosha, Wis. 4.00 Spanish
Lucy Cheadle (1) (%) Washington (Mo.) Sr. Seattle, Wash. 3.80 Chemical Engineering
Maryann Gong MIT So. Livermore, Calif. 4.00 Electrical Engineering / Computer science
Heather Ingraham Vassar Sr. Cromwell, Conn. 3.70 Science, Technology & Society
Bria Halama Wisconsin-La Crosse Jr. Independence, Wis. 3.89 Therapeutic Rec. Pre-Occupational Therapy
Claire Harrington Mary Washington Sr. Chesapeake, Va. 4.00 Biology
Kayla Hemann (1) (%) Wartburg Sr. Saint Angsar, Iowa 3.87 Accounting / Business Administration
Emily Lambright (2) Moravian Sr. Chalfont, Pa. 4.00 Economics / Political Science
Shelby Mahr (3) Wisconsin-Whitewater Sr. Boyd, Wis. 3.97 Special Education
Alison Maxwell Middlebury Sr. Port Angeles, Wash. 3.79 Biochemistry
Amy Regan Stevens Inst. of Technology Jr. Green Brook, N.J. 4.00 Engineering Management
Tricia Serres Luther Jr. Platteville, Wis. 3.56 Biology
Miranda Stockton Mount Union Sr. Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 4.00 Chemistry
Becca Sund (3) Augustana (Ill.) Sr. Palatine, Ill. 3.97 Math / Education
Elizabeth Weiers Gustavus Adolphus Sr. Le Center, Minn. 4.00 English
SECOND TEAM
Name School Yr. Hometown GPA Major
Alexis Appezzato Ramapo Sr. Somerville, N.J. 3.73 Psychology
Amelia Campbell Carleton Jr. Sturgeon Bay, Wis. 3.45 Biology
Hannah Chappell-Dick Eastern Mennonite Jr. Bluffton, Ohio 3.87 Biology
Elizabeth Composto (2) North Central Sr. Bloomington, Ill. 3.88 Interactive Media Studies
Samantha Dolezal Nebraska Wesleyan Jr. North Bend, Neb. 3.76 Health & Fitness Studies
Katie Giles Gallaudet Sr. Gaithersburg, Md. 3.98 Social Work
Dakota Kliamovich (2) Whitworth Jr. Liberty Lake, Wash. 4.00 Biology / Psychology
Electra Korn (3) Emory Sr. Woodinville, Wash. 3.77 Biology
Frances Loeb (3) Johns Hopkins Sr. Wynnewood, Pa. 3.62 Psychology
Brooke Mathie Mount Union Sr. Louisville, Ohio 4.00 Biology / Biochemistry
Laura Mead Wisconsin-La Crosse Sr. Andover, Minn. 3.91 Art / Psychology
Kelsey Patrick (3) Lebanon Valley Jr. Tamaqua, Pa. 3.93 Physical Therapy
Amy Viti Misericordia Jr. Sugar Notch, Pa. 4.00 Speech Language Pathology
THIRD TEAM
Name School Yr. Hometown GPA Major
Kaitlyn Arnold Alma So. Jackson, Mich. 4.00 Integrative Physiology / Health Science
Christine Artim Rensselaer Polytechnic Sr. Middlebury, Vt. 3.95 Chemical Engineering
Kim Bolick Connecticut College Sr. Hopkinton, Mass. 3.85 Biology
Erin Kiekhaefer Carnegie Mellon Sr. Palo Alto, Calif. 3.85 Global Studies / Hispanic Studies
Trisha King (3) Trine Sr. Archbold, Ohio 3.89 Math Education
Katie Krick Nebraska Wesleyan So. Lincoln, Neb. 4.00 Communication
Amanda Martin Springfield (Mass.) Sr. Bristol, Conn. 3.96 Physical Therapy
Abrah Masterson Cornell (Iowa) So. Granby, Colo. 3.65 Biochemistry & Molecular Bio / French
Taylor Moore Wartburg Sr. New Hampton, Iowa 3.88 Elementary Education
Emily Paull Aurora Sr. Somonauk, Ill. 3.88 Health Science
Sarah Quinn MIT Jr. Watchung, N.J. 3.84 Mathematics / Computer Science
Emily Rabenold Grove City Jr. Allison Park, Pa. 3.88 Biology
Erin Silva Bowdoin Sr. Westborough, Mass. 3.75 Biochemistry / Spanish
Ashley Wheeler MIT Sr. Milford, N.H. 3.92 Environmental Engineering
Julie Williamson Emory Jr. Chatham, N.J. 3.96 Neuroscience / Behavioral Biology
Academic All-American of the Year: Lucy Cheadle, Washington University (Mo.)
(1) Capital One Academic All-America® Division III 1st team selection in 2014
(2) Capital One Academic All-America® Division III 2nd team selection in 2014
(3) Capital One Academic All-America® Division III 3rd team selection in 2014
(%) Capital One Academic All-America® Division III 3rd team selection in 2013