

All-Region Winners For 2016 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field
NEW ORLEANS — The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced the All-Region honorees for the 2016 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field season on Wednesday.
To be named All-Region, an athlete must either be ranked in the top-5 of an individual event in the region according to final TFRRS data or be part of a top-3 relay team.
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Libby Strickland of West Texas A&M hauled in the most individual All-Region honors as she captured six of them for her efforts during the regular season. Strickland earned All-Region honors in the 100, 200, 4×100, 4×400, high jump and long jump.
All told, there were eight athletes — including Strickland — who took home five or more All-Region awards: Six women (Strickland, Claflin’s Trisana Fairweather, Queens (N.C.)’s Nikia Squire, Angelo State’s Kami Norton, Grand Valley State’s Angela Ritter and Merrimack’s Carly Muscaro) and two men (Academy of Art’s Mobolade Ajomale and Saint Augustine’s Burkheart Ellis Jr.).
No team earned more All-Region honors than the men of American International. The Yellow Jackets nabbed 30 awards, one more than the Queens (N.C.) women.
Including American International and Queens (N.C.), there were five teams that took home more than 26 All-Region honors. Those three other teams were the Grand Valley State women, the Saint Augustine’s men and the Southern Connecticut men.
Many of these athletes and teams will be in action come May 26-28 at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships held in Bradenton, Florida.