Five Mountain Lions Earn All-Region Honors
NEW ORLEANS - Five Mountain Lions posted marks this season that rank among the best in the South Central Region to earn U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-Region honors this afternoon.
Alex Colvin, Alexa Urban, Megan Burrell, Melanie Diep and Jessica Todd were named to the all-region team, which includes student-athletes from the RMAC, Lone Star Conference and Heartland Conference. The top five in individual events and each member of a relay ranked in the region's top three earned the regional honor.
Colvin won her second conference championship in the pole vault last Saturday and has a season-best mark of 11 feet and 11 ¾ inches. She ranks No. 35 in the national performance lists.
Burrell, Diep, Todd and Urban have the 11th-fastest time in the nation this season in the distance medley relay with an adjusted time of 11 minutes and 51.10 seconds. Urban also earned all-region honors in the 800-meter run, where she ranks No. 34 in the national lists. She was an all-conference student-athlete in the 800-meter run last Saturday at Black Hills State.
The final USTFCCCA South Central Region team index will be released early Tuesday morning. Declarations for the 2013 NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Championships concluded today, and the field is scheduled to be announced later this week by the national committee.
UCCS Players/Staff Featured | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Alex Colvin | Pole Vault | ||
 | Alexa Urban | Sprints | So | |
 | Megan Burrell | Distance | Sr | |
 | Melanie Diep | Distance | Fr | |
 | Jessica Todd | Sprints | So | |
| Additional News Stories | |||
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| May 22, 2013 |  | Three Mountain Lions Open National Meet Thursday | The University of Colorado Colorado Springs will have three student-athletes in action when the first day of the 2013 NCAA Division II Women's Outdoor Track & Field Championships begin Thursday afternoon at CSU-Pueblo. |
| May 21, 2013 |  | Qualifiers Earn USTFCCCA All-Region Honors | National qualifiers Alex Colvin, Alyssa Andrews and Megan Burrell each earned a spot on the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-South Central Region Team for the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. |
| May 21, 2013 | | UCCS Qualifies Three for National Track Championships | The University of Colorado Colorado Springs will send three female student-athletes to compete in the 2013 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships on May 23-25 at the Neta and Eddie DeRose ThunderBowl at Colorado State-Pueblo. |
| May 14, 2013 |  | Colvin Earns Spot on RMAC All-Academic First Team | NCAA qualifier Alex Colvin earned a spot on the first team to lead the University of Colorado Colorado Springs on the 2013 RMAC Women's Outdoor Track and Field All-Academic Teams announced this afternoon. |
| May 12, 2013 |  | Burrell Lowers UCCS Record in 1,500-Meter Run | Megan Burrell improved on her program record in the 1,500-meter run and lowered her NCAA provisional time to lead the University of Colorado Colorado Springs in the Colorado Mines Mother's Day Last Chance Meet today at the Stermole Track and Field Complex. |
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