2021 All-American Brooke Fazio (Basking Ridge, N.J.) and three-time USTFCCCA All-Academic honoree Maria Acosta (Maywood, N.J.) joins fellow NCAA Championship qualifiers Rachel Helbling (McDonald, Pa.), Kayla O'Connell (Marshfield, Mass.) and Kayla Woods (Wilmington, Del.) in representing the Spiders.
"These are amazing young women who serve as leaders within our program and university," said Director of Track & Field Lori Taylor. "They excel not just on the field of competition, but they excel as ambassadors for our program and community. In many ways this has been a challenging year as our student-athletes adapted to a life under the umbrella of a global pandemic. They rose to the challenge, kept their focus and kept their priorities in the right place. We are proud to have these women representing our program and university."
Fazio, who graduated with a degree in Biology, earned All-America status in both the indoor and outdoor seasons in the 800m. At the NCAA Indoor Championship, Fazio finished 10th with a time of 2:07.62. At the NCAA Outdoor Championship Finals in June, she finished eighth with a UR program record time of 2:02.97. Fazio also took first-place at the Atlantic 10 Championship in the 800m, collecting a meet record time of 2:03.09 and was the anchor leg in the first-place 4x400m relay. This is Fazio's second USTFCCCA All-Academic Team honor.
Acosta, who graduated with a Master of Liberal Arts this May, finished sixth in the fifth heat of the 800m at the NCAA East Prelims with a time of 2:06.79. She also finished second at the Atlantic 10 Championship in the 800m (2:05.13) while helping the 4x800 relay to a first-place finish.
Helbling, a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology major, finished eighth in the sixth heat of the 400m at the NCAA East Prelims with a time of 54.84. She won the 400m at the A-10 Outdoor Championship with a UR program record time of 53.58, earning All-Atlantic 10 honors. She also helped the 4x400m relay team collect first place.
O'Connell, an Economics/Business Administration major, finished eighth in the sixth heat of the 800m at the NCAA East Prelims with a time of 2:10.86. She took fourth in a stacked 800m race at the A-10 Championship, finishing with a time of 2:07.34 to collect A-10 All-Rookie Team honors.
Woods, a Healthcare Studies major, posted a distance of 5.91m in her final attempt in the long jump at the NCAA East Prelims. Woods collected first-place and the UR program record in the long jump at the A-10 Outdoor Championship with a distance of 6.21m. She also led off the first-place finishing 4x400m relay team.
To qualify for USTFCCCA All-Academic honors, the student-athletes must have compiled a cumulative GPA of 3.25 on a 4.0 scale.
Student-athletes must have finished the indoor season ranked in the top 96 in any championship individual event, or in the top 48 in any championship relay event, for the most recent indoor season, certifiable by their place on the NCAA Division I descending order lists on TFRRS for Indoor Track and Field.
For the outdoor season, student-athletes must have participated in any round of the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championship, must have finished the season ranked in the top 48 in the East or the West, for the most recent season, certifiable by their place on the NCAA Division I descending order lists on TFRRS.
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