NEW ORLEANS - The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced its All-Region honorees for the 2023 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field season this afternoon. Haverford women's track & field earned nine All-Metro region selections in total.
All-Region designation is given to student-athletes who rank within the top five marks for an individual event according to the final TFRRS list in their respective regions. Runners who are part of relays that finish within the top three in the region are also designated as All-Region athletes. The regions used for this award – East, Great Lakes, Metro, Mid-Atlantic, Mideast, Midwest, Niagara, North, South, and West – match those used during the cross country and indoor track & field seasons.
Senior Kayla Robinson headlined the grouping with a trio of certificates, earning the award for the long jump, triple jump, and heptathlon. Robinson has the top long jump mark (5.77 meters) in the Metro, and the top triple jump (11.93 meters). Each of those marks are Haverford program records. In the heptathlon, Robinson posted the second-best performance in the Metro, garnering 4,403 points, behind just Eliza Bruncaj of TCNJ.
Also earning a pair of certificates was distance standout sophomore Katie Hirsche, who ended up logging the top 10,000-meter time (36:33.24) and third-fastest 5,000-meter time (18:02.17) among Metro region competition. Hirsche was the CC champion in the 10k, and earned a second consecutive 10k certificate, and her first 5,000-meter award on Friday.
The 4x400 meter relay squad of Ally Landau, Isabel Thornberry, Jahsaiah Moses, and Olivia D'Aulerio was also honored by the coaches' association. A gutsy performance from the quartet at the CC championships easily equaled the third-best time in the region after the baton crossed the finish line in 3:55.46., more than two seconds faster than the fourth-place Moravian performance earlier this week at the AARTFC Championships.
For Robinson, competition in the long jump and triple jump likely continues as the NCAA Championships begins on Thursday, May 25. The championships take place in Rochester, N.Y. and are hosted by St. John Fisher University. Action continues through Memorial Day weekend. A full selection announcement is slated to begin unveiled shortly.