GRINNELL, Iowa – Entering a relay team at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championship for the first time in program history, the women's indoor track distance medley relay certainly made it a night to remember as Haverford placed third overall with a time of 11:50.84. With that finish, each of Haverford's four runners – Amelia Keyser-Gibson, Kerry Quigley, Katie Sullivan, and Nora Weathers – earned All-America certificates.

Keyser-Gibson set the tone for the race as she put the Fords in third after her hand off at the end of the 1,200 meter leg. Keyser-Gibson's efforts helped her earn her first All-America certificate in her first trip to the NCAA Track & Field Championship. The Centennial Conference Champion in the 5,000 meters finished her leg with a split of 3:38.864.

Kerry Quigley took the baton for the 400 meter leg and kept the Fords in the hunt for that All-America performance. In her NCAA Championship debut, Quigley's 400 meter leg had the Fords in fifth place as she handed to Sullivan for the 800 meter leg. Quigley's split was 1:01.676.

Sullivan was the third member of the DMR to earn her first All-America certificate on the evening. In a leg that bunched the field for a thrilling finish, it was Sullivan that had the Fords all the way up to second place before she handed to the anchor leg in third place. The reigning Centennial Conference Champion in the 800 meters turned in a split of 2:13.712. That mark is nearly two full seconds faster than the school record at this distance.

Waiting for the anchor leg was last spring's All-American Nora Weathers. With experience on her side, the Fords' senior pushed Haverford all the way to the front of the pack with 400 meters to go. The Centennial Conference Champion in that event clocked a time of 4:56.585 in her mile split. That time would rank second in school history if it was an official mile.

St. Thomas pulled away in the final 400 meters to win the event in a time of 11:47.04. Haverford was just clipped for the runner-up finish by 26-hundredths of a second to Williams. The Fords were 12-hundredths of a second ahead of fourth-place Middlebury, while no other relay team finished in the 11:50 range.

The women's indoor track & field team saw its All-American count grow from 12 to 16 with tonight's race. The Fords' last indoor All-American performance came during the 2009 season when Jessie Belden '09 was the national runner-up in the pentathlon.