USTFCCCA Release
HAVERFORD, Pa. – The Haverford College women's track & field team has been named a 2016-17 All-Academic Team as announced by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). This marks the 11th time in the past 12 seasons the Fords have earned this honor since the association combined the indoor and outdoor season into one award.
Haverford was one of the women's teams across NCAA Division III that earned a team GPA of 3.10 or higher. Leading the way in academic honors is nothing new to the Fords as they had 14 student-athletes honored on the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll during both the indoor and outdoor track & field seasons.
In addition to the team recognition, rising seniors Nicole Giannetti and Katie Sullivan were honored as USTFCCCA Scholar Athletes. To qualify for this honor, a student-athlete must have compiled a cumulative grade point average of 3.30. The student-athlete must also have competed in either the indoor or outdoor NCAA track championships or finished a season ranked in the top 35 nationally in an individual event or top 25 in a relay event.
Giannetti, the Centennial Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year during the cross country season made her NCAA Track & Field debut this spring in the steeplechase where she placed 21st overall at the championship meet. Giannetti was also ranked 20th in the 3,000 meters during the indoor season nationally to help her earn this honor for the first time in her track & field career.
Sullivan was an All-American for the Fords during the indoor track season as she placed eighth in the mile for her second All-America certificate after also running on the Fords' distance medley relay in 2016. Sullivan also qualified to the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships this spring where she placed 16th in the preliminaries of that field.