Haleigh Lloyd, Jamie Ashcroft and Franz Burghagen might not be from the United States, but all three are All-Americans.
On Saturday, the UAA track and field trio became the third, fourth and fifth Seawolves to garner All-America recognition (top eight places) at the NCAA Division II Track and Field Championships in Allendale, Michigan.
Lloyd, a senior from Ladysmith, British Columbia, finished fourth in the women's 400-meter hurdles in a time of 59.17 seconds, lowering her Great Northwest Athletic Conference record by .03 seconds. The coveted status was the second for Lloyd, who was seventh in the event in 2012.
Fellow British Columbian Ashcroft made history for the Seawolves by placing sixth in the women's 100 meters – the first time a UAA sprinter has earned All-America honors. Ashcroft, a sophomore who ran a time of 11.65 seconds in the finals, also made conference history by becoming the first woman from the GNAC to score a point in the 100 at the national meet.
Burghagen's fifth-place finish in the javelin was the senior's third All-America finish. The Berlin native's best throw on Saturday was 223 feet, 11 inches on his second attempt. He finished second last year and third in 2013.
Just missing out on All-America status for the Seawolves on Saturday was Cody Parker, a junior javelin thrower from British Columbia who finished just out of All-America position in ninth.
In the men's 5,000 meters, UAA distance runner Dominik Notz finished 11th and Henry Cheseto was 12th.
Lloyd, Ashcroft and Burghagen joined Notz and Karolin Anders to give the Seawolves five All-America finishes – Notz was fourth in Friday's 10,000 meters and Anders placed eighth in the heptathlon.
Saturday was the final day of the three-day event. Both the UAA men and women scored nine team points and each finished 30th in the overall standings. St. Augustine's (North Carolina) won the men's title and Central Missouri won the women's championship.
The Seawolves, who have appeared in 14 consecutive NCAA meets, have amassed 48 All-America performances since 2006.
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