Dry, Fyffe & Greenhouse Earn USTFCCCA All-Academic Recognition
Emory University track and field team members Steve
Dry, Tommy Fyffe and Alex
Greenhouse were placed on the U.S. Track & Field and
Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic team,
based on their academic and athletic performances during the 2009
indoor and outdoor seasons.
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.
Dry, a junior, helped lead the Eagles to a University Athletic
Association (UAA) indoor championship, earning all-UAA honors in
the 55-meter hurdles. During the outdoor season, he recorded
a provisional qualifying mark of 14.84 seconds in the 110-meter
hurdles, a personal-best time. Dry is a four-time all-UAA
honoree, and won the UAA Championship in the 55-meter hurdles
during the 2008 season. In addition, he has recorded a 3.99
grade point average while majoring in Chemistry and Religion, and
was selected to the ESPN the Magazine Academic all-America
third team earlier in the season.
Fyffe recorded outdoor qualifying times in both the 5,000-meter
run (14:40.37) and the 3,000-meter steeplechase (9:17.50), in
addition to an indoor qualifying time and University Athletic
Association (UAA) Championship in the 5,000-meter run. The
junior, who has recorded a 3.79 GPA, was named to the ESPN the
Magazine Academic all-District first team earlier in the
season.
Greenhouse recorded a provisional qualifying time in the outdoor
400-meter hurdles, recording his season-best mark of 53.51 seconds
at the Orange and Purple Classic. The junior was part of
Emory's UAA Championship 1,600-meter relay teams in both the indoor
and outdoor season, while earning all-UAA honors in three other
events during the indoor and outdoor campaigns. Greenhouse,
who has a 3.71 GPA as a Business major, was named to the ESPN
the Magazine Academic all-District first team earlier in the
year.
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