Award History
NAIA ITF All-America2023 NAIA Indoor Track & Field All-America
NEW ORLEANS – All-America honors for the 2023 NAIA Indoor Track & Field season were announced on Monday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).
Student-athletes earned USTFCCCA All-America honors by finishing among the top-8 in their events – including as a member of a relay – at the 2023 NAIA Indoor Track & Field Championships, which took place this past weekend in Brookings, South Dakota.
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Team titles went to Southeastern (Fla.)’s men and Indiana Tech’s women. The Fire won the men’s crown in dramatic fashion by capturing the meet-ending 4×400 relay, while the Warriors made history on Day 1 and then never looked back the rest of the way.
No program hauled in more All-America honors than Indiana Tech’s women, regardless of gender. Actually, the Warriors nearly doubled their next closest competitors with 26 (Dordt (Iowa)’s men and William Carey (Miss.)’s women both finished with 14). Indiana Tech had at least one scorer in 13 different events. Juanita Webster-Freeman and Lisa Voyles both earned four or more All-America plaudits this past weekend: Webster-Freeman, the newly-minded NAIA record-holder in the pentathlon, did so in that multi, three other field events (high jump, long jump and shot put), as well as the 60-meter hurdles; Voyles took top-8 honors in two individual events (1000 meters, mile) and as part of two relays (4×800, DMR).
Southeastern (Fla.) finished with the sixth-most honors on the men’s side with 11 – but as we know, it’s the quality of those finishes, not the quantity. Joseph Taylor led the way for the Fire with an individual crown in the 400 meters and the title-clinching anchor on the 4×400 relay. SEU also had three top-8 finishers in the 60-meter hurdles: Davonte Vanterpool was third; Darion Carter was fourth; and Glenn Rodgers was eighth. As an aside, the Fire’s winning total of 45 points was the fewest by a men’s team champion since 2011 (Shorter (Ga.) had 44).
Addy Wiley of Huntington (Ind.) led all athletes with five All-America laurels. Here’s the kicker: Wiley won four individual titles and was part of the winning DMR. The freshman standout took top individual honors in the 600, 800, mile and 3000, all in the span of one hour, 50 minutes.
See below for a full list of honorees.