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Three Scots earn All-American status, streak reaches 25 years
Release Date: May 23, 2009
MONMOUTH, Ill. —
The last time
Monmouth College didn’t have a track athlete earn All-American
status, President Ronald Reagan was seeking a second term. The Scots
continued their streak when three more athletes earned All-American
status at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Marietta
College in Marietta, Ohio.
Shannon Turczyn
(Peru, Ill./LaSalle-Peru) earned her fourth straight All-American
designation in the 100-meter hurdles and Logan Hohl (Orion,
Ill./Orion) picked up his first outdoor All-American honor in the
400-meter hurdles. Turczyn and Hohl joined Tanesha Hughes
(Peoria, Ill./Woodruff) as the latest Fighting Scots to earn
All-American status. Friday, Hughes wrapped up her discus career
with a fourth-place finish, gaining All-American status for the
first time in three trips to the National Championships in the
event. Her discus throw of 150’5” was just seven inches out of a
third-place finish.
Turczyn made the
100-hurdles finals for the fourth time and finished fifth for the
third time. The senior clocked a 14.46 in the final race of her
career. Her time was just a half-second out of second place. Sumer
Rohrs of Frostburg State successfully defended her national title,
breaking the tape in 13.77. Turczyn, who picked up her first indoor
All-American award in March in the 55-meter hurdles, ends her career
as a five-time All-American.
Hohl, who has two
indoor All-American awards in the 4x400 relay, placed sixth in the
400-meter hurdles to earn his first outdoor All-American award. His
time of 53.66 was just over a second out of fourth place. Cory Beebe
of Salisbury University won the event in 51.28.
Competing in the
shot put Saturday, Hughes narrowly missed a trip to the finals and a
chance for a second All-American award. Her throw of 42’4-3/4” was
just seven inches from qualifying her for the finals.
This marks the 25th straight year Monmouth College
has had an athlete earn All-American status. The streak also
includes seven national champions and five title-winners in the last
five years.
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