UAA Athletics

Soldotna, Fairbanks athletes grab All-America honor for UAA track team

The UAA track and field team received All-America performances from Soldotna's Danielle McCormick and Fairbanks' Tevin Gladden on the final day of the NCAA Division II track and field championships Saturday in Bradenton, Florida.

The Seawolves also got an All-America result from the men's 1,600-meter relay team, whose fourth-place finish helped the UAA men claim 13th place in the team standings. The women placed 62nd.

McCormick, a sophomore, grabbed seventh place in the 800 meters with a time of 2 minutes, 8.72 seconds. Gladden, a senior, tied for seventh place in the high jump with a jump of 6 feet, 10.75 inches.

First-team All-America honors go to the top eight finishers in each event, and the Seawolves finished with five top-eight efforts in the three-day meet.

The team of Nicholas Taylor, Liam Lindsay, Travis Turner and Adam Commandeur provided one of those results by placing fourth in the 1,600-meter relay with a time of 3:10.86

On Thursday, Dominik Notz of Germany ran to third place in the men's 10,000 meters and on Friday, Edwin Kangogo of Kenya claimed sixth place in the 3,000-meter steeplechase.

Notz followed up his strong 10,000 run with a 10th-place finish in Saturday's 5,000 meters. He clocked 14:27.09 in his final race for UAA, a career in which he earned All-America honors nine times in track and cross-country.

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