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Posted: May 19, 2020

USTFCCCA Names All Division III Indoor Track & Field Qualifiers All-Americans

USTFCCCA Names All Division III Indoor Track & Field Qualifiers All-Americans

(NEW ORLEANS, La.) – All-America honors for the 2020 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field season were announced on Tuesday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).

Normal policies dictate that All-America honors are awarded to student-athletes who score any portion of a team point (top-eight in the final of an individual event or as a member of a top-eight placing relay event) at the NCAA Championships.

In lieu of conduction of the national championship this season, which was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Executive Committee adopted new criteria. Based on the selected participants for the national championships initially announced by the NCAA on Sunday, March 8, the following will be recognized as All-America for the 2020 Indoor Track & Field season: all student-athletes declared and initially accepted into their event, including all relay members.

The Tartans had two senior women qualify, Michelle Karabin (Ruffs Dale, Pa. / Greensburg Central Catholic) in the pole vault and Kate Reilly (Scranton, Pa. / Scranton Prep) in the mile. It was the first appearance for both at the indoor championships while it marked Karabin's second on the nation stage. Karabin placed eighth in the pole vault and claimed All-America honors at the 2018 outdoor event.

Karabin qualified for the indoor championships following her indoor career-best mark of 3.72 meters at the Battle for the Obelisk versus Case Western Reserve University in January. Her height seeded her 16th at the NCAA event.

Reilly broke the school record in the mile run after winning the race at the University Athletic Association (UAA) Indoor Track and Field Championships with a time of 5:02.72. Her time was converted to 5:05.72 because of running on a bank track at UAA's and this year's championships are on a flat track and seeded her 15th.

It would have marked the first time in program history that two women competed at the NCAA Indoor Championships.