EUGENE, Ore. – The 2018 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships concluded this weekend in Eugene, Ore. The BIG EAST was represented by 10 student-athletes across four schools, with Villanova’s Siofra Cleirigh Buttner leading the pack with All-America First Team recognition.
Student-athletes earned First-Team All-America status by virtue of finishing among the top-eight of their events, including as members of a relay team, at the 2018 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Second-Team All-America honors went to those student-athletes who finished between ninth and 16th place. Those athletes who finished 17th through 24th were named USTFCCCA Honorable Mention, but are not to be called All-Americans.
Cleirigh Buttner finished fifth (2:03.11) in the semifinals of the 800 meters to advance to the final where she placed fourth (2:05.73) to claim All-America First Team honors. She was one of two Villanova competitors in the 800m, joined by teammate McKenna Keegan who finished 20
th in the semifinals (2:07.37). Nicole Hutchinson rounded out the Wildcat women’s competitors, placing 14
th in the 5,000 meter final (15:57.00). Providence’s Abbey Wheeler also qualified for the 5K final, placing 19
th (16:06.69).
A trio of BIG EAST runners competed in the men’s 1,500m semifinals, including Georgetown’s Amos Bartelsmeyer who punched his ticket to the final after finishing sixth in the semis (3:48.00). Bartelsmeyer went on to finish ninth in the final with a clip of 3:46.54. Fellow Hoya Nicholas Wareham also ran in the 1,500m semis (13
th, 3:49.74), along with Villanova’s Ben Malone (18
th, 3:50.61).
Georgetown saw two compete in the men’s 10,000-meter run final, with Michael Crozier finishing 14
th (29:37.21) and Jonathan Green placing 18
th (29:46.57). DePaul’s Brian Mada was BIG EAST’s lone field competitor, earning a 12
th-place finish in the triple jump with a mark of 15.89 meters.
NCAA Championship Results
Siofra Cleirigh Buttner, Villanova (800m): semifinals – 2:03.11, 5
th; final – 2:05.73, 4
th
All-America First Team
McKenna Keegan, Villanova (800m): semifinals – 2:07.37, 20
th
USTFCCCA Honorable Mention
Nichole Hutchinson, Villanova (5,000m): final – 15:57.00, 14
th
All-America Second Team
Abbey Wheeler, Providence (5,000m): final – 16:06.69, 19
th
USTFCCCA Honorable Mention
Amos Bartelsmeyer, Georgetown (1,500m): semifinals – 3:48.00, 6
th; final – 3:46.54, 9
th
All-America Second Team
Ben Malone, Villanova (1,500m): semifinals – 3:50.61, 18
th
USTFCCCA Honorable Mention
Nicholas Wareham, Georgetown (1,500m): semifinals – 3:49.74, 13
th
All-America Second Team
Jonathan Green, Georgetown (10,000m): final – 29:46.57, 18
th
USTFCCCA Honorable Mention
Michael Crozier, Georgetown (10,000m): final – 29:38.21, 14
th
All-America Second Team
Brian Mada, DePaul (triple jump): final – 15.89m, 12
th
All-America Second Team