Emory Track & Field Continues to Receive Postseason All-Academic Honors

The Emory University track and field team continued to receive postseason honors for its academic and athletic performance during the 2008-09 campaign, as both the Eagles' men's and women's teams were honored as Division III All-Academic Teams by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA), and seniors Jordan Beall, Melissa Jones, and Katie Sheehan were named to the USTFCCCA Division III Women's All-Academic team.

Beall, Jones and Sheehan join fellow Eagle all-academic team members Steve Dry, Tommy Fyffe and Alex Greenhouse, who were named to the men's team earlier in the week.  To qualify for the USTFCCCA All-Academic Track and Field Team, a student-athlete must have compiled a cumulative grade point average of 3.30 and have met the NCAA Division III Indoor or Outdoor automatic or provisional qualifying standard in their respective event.

Beall recorded qualifying marks in the long jump and as part of the Eagles' 4x100-meter relay team, setting school records in both events during the season.  She earned all-America honors in the long jump during the indoor season and in the 4x100 relay during her outdoor campaign.  Beall recorded a 3.40 GPA while majoring in international studies at Emory.

Jones recorded a provisional qualifying time in the 10,000-meter run with a school-record time of 37:09.59, after winning outdoor UAA Championships in the 5,000- and 10,000-meter runs.  She held a 3.59 GPA at Emory with a major in business.

Sheehan set a provisional qualifying mark in the indoor pentathlon, notching a career-best score of 3,021 points in the event during her 2009 campaign.  A Bobby Jones scholar, she finished her Emory career with a 3.95 GPA with a major in biology.

Beall, Jones and Sheehan were all named to the ESPN the Magazine/ CoSIDA Academic all-District first team earlier in the season.

Meanwhile, the Emory men's team was one of 51 squads recognized as all-academic Division III teams by the USTFCCCA, as the team's GPA of 3.389 was the eighth-best among all qualifying programs.  The women's team was recognized as well, as the Eagles' 3.463 team GPA was the 22nd-best among the 100 qualifying programs.