NEW ORLEANS – All-America honorees for the 2015 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field season were announced Monday afternoon by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). Despite coming up short on the team titles, GLIAC student-athletes collected 84 First-Team awards, 37 more than the next closest conference.
Student-athletes earned First-Team USTFCCCA All-America honors by virtue of finishing among the top eight in their events, including as a member of a relay, at this past weekend’s NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships in Birmingham, Alabama. For the first time, Second-Team honors were bestowed upon those finishing ninth through 12th.
The Adams State men, after finishing runner-up a year ago by 1½ points, punched through to win the their second indoor title in program history, 45-40-40, over Findlay and Grand Valley State.
Three men and three women earned three First-Team All-America honors apiece. With a second consecutive sweep of the men’s 60- and 200-meter titles, Tiffin’s Lamar Hargrove headlined the three men who achieved that honor.
The GLIAC may have had its teams shut out of the top spots on the team podiums, the conference was by far the best-represented conference in terms of First-Team All-America honors.
Three teams earned 11 First-Team honors each: GLIAC rivals Grand Valley State and Findlay, along with Saint Augustine’s. Team champion Adams State and Ashland – another GLIAC program – finished with nine.
The runner-up Hillsdale women got 11 First-Team efforts, edging out Grand Valley State with 10. Champion Central Missouri finished with seven First-Team nods, behind Adams State and Lincoln (Mo.) with nine each and U-Mary and Ashland with eight.
All told, the GLIAC accounted for 46 First-Team men’s honors and 38 First-Team women’s awards. A distant second on the men’s side was the RMAC with 35, with the MIAA third with 26. Next up for the women was the NSIC with 28, followed by the MIAA with 21.
Find the list of All-Americans below. The lists are separated by men’s and women’s and First-Team and Second-Team.
2015 USTFCCCA FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICA
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| Student-Athlete | School | Event |
| Zac Ball | Ashland | Weight Throw |
| Joshua Davis | Ashland | Distance Medley Relay |
| Nick Hall | Ashland | Distance Medley Relay |
| Elijha Owens | Ashland | 400 Meters |
| Elijha Owens | Ashland | 60 Meter Hurdles |
| Elijah Talk | Ashland | Shot Put |
| Drew Windle | Ashland | 800 Meters |
| Drew Windle | Ashland | Distance Medley Relay |
| Halen Witcher | Ashland | Distance Medley Relay |
| Maliik Briggs | Findlay | 4×400 Relay |
| Michael Bruce | Findlay | Long Jump |
| Michael Bruce | Findlay | Triple Jump |
| Derek Collins | Findlay | 4×400 Relay |
| Mathieu Marcoccia | Findlay | Shot Put |
| Taylor Miller | Findlay | Shot Put |
| Sergi Torres | Findlay | 4×400 Relay |
| Dillon Webster | Findlay | 800 Meters |
| Dillon Webster | Findlay | 4×400 Relay |
| Justin Welch | Findlay | Shot Put |
| Justin Welch | Findlay | Weight Throw |
| Ethan Barnes | Grand Valley State | 800 Meters |
| Bryce Bradley | Grand Valley State | 5000 Meters |
| TJ Burnett | Grand Valley State | Distance Medley Relay |
| Trent Chappell | Grand Valley State | High Jump |
| Blake Donson | Grand Valley State | Weight Throw |
| Jay Lechner | Grand Valley State | Weight Throw |
| Wuoi Mach | Grand Valley State | Distance Medley Relay |
| Ricky Perez | Grand Valley State | Distance Medley Relay |
| Joel Rietsma | Grand Valley State | Distance Medley Relay |
| Darien Thornton | Grand Valley State | Weight Throw |
| Sean Wells | Grand Valley State | 60 Meter Hurdles |
| Joshua Mirth | Hillsdale | 5000 Meters |
| Jared Schipper | Hillsdale | Pole Vault |
| Lane White | Hillsdale | 400 Meters |
| Joseph Postwaite | Lake Erie | Triple Jump |
| Justin Dieck | Lake Superior State | Shot Put |
| Robert Valdez | Lake Superior State | High Jump |
| Andrew Mudd | Saginaw Valley State | Heptathlon |
| Lamar Hargrove | Tiffin | 60 Meters |
| Lamar Hargrove | Tiffin | 200 Meters |
| Lamar Hargrove | Tiffin | 4×400 Relay |
| Joel Johnson | Tiffin | 4×400 Relay |
| Michael King | Tiffin | 4×400 Relay |
| Theo Mancheron | Tiffin | Pole Vault |
| Theo Mancheron | Tiffin | Heptathlon |
| Reginald Mortel | Tiffin | 4×400 Relay |
2015 USTFCCCA FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICA
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| Athlete | School | Event |
| Jessica Bridenthal | Ashland | Shot Put |
| Jessica Bridenthal | Ashland | Weight Throw |
| Jennifer Foster | Ashland | High Jump |
| Shatora Lewis | Ashland | Shot Put |
| Shatora Lewis | Ashland | Weight Throw |
| Jamie Sindelar | Ashland | Shot Put |
| Irene Skinner | Ashland | 400 Meters |
| Megan Tomei | Ashland | Shot Put |
| Samantha Johnson | Ferris State | Mile |
| Kendra Averesch | Findlay | Shot Put |
| Lydia Guagenti | Findlay | High Jump |
| Pam Showman | Findlay | Pentathlon |
| Amy Creutz | Grand Valley State | Distance Medley Relay |
| Amy Cymerman | Grand Valley State | 3000 Meters |
| Amy Cymerman | Grand Valley State | 5000 Meters |
| Kendra Foley | Grand Valley State | 5000 Meters |
| Breanna Luba | Grand Valley State | Distance Medley Relay |
| Natalie Nelson | Grand Valley State | Distance Medley Relay |
| Hannah Osborn | Grand Valley State | Distance Medley Relay |
| Jamie Roberts | Grand Valley State | Pole Vault |
| Jennifer Schornak | Grand Valley State | Pole Vault |
| Laura Schroeder | Grand Valley State | Weight Throw |
| Allison Duber | Hillsdale | 4×400 Relay |
| Kristina Galat | Hillsdale | 3000 Meters |
| Kristina Galat | Hillsdale | 5000 Meters |
| Emily Guy | Hillsdale | 4×400 Relay |
| Amy Kerst | Hillsdale | Distance Medley Relay |
| Emily Oren | Hillsdale | 3000 Meters |
| Emily Oren | Hillsdale | Distance Medley Relay |
| Kathryn Royer | Hillsdale | Distance Medley Relay |
| Fiona Shea | Hillsdale | 4×400 Relay |
| Corinne Zehner | Hillsdale | 4×400 Relay |
| Corinne Zehner | Hillsdale | Distance Medley Relay |
| Kimberly Balls | Saginaw Valley State | Distance Medley Relay |
| Chantelle Fondren | Saginaw Valley State | Distance Medley Relay |
| Brittany Johnson | Saginaw Valley State | Distance Medley Relay |
| Taylor Stepanski | Saginaw Valley State | 800 Meters |
| Taylor Stepanski | Saginaw Valley State | Distance Medley Relay |
2015 USTFCCCA SECOND-TEAM ALL-AMERICA
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| Athlete | School | Event |
| Jared Conklin | Ashland | Weight Throw |
| Jordan Crayon | Ashland | Weight Throw |
| Mack Taylor | Ashland | Weight Throw |
| Ben Hahler | Findlay | Shot Put |
| Brent Brock | Grand Valley State | 4×400 Relay |
| TJ Burnett | Grand Valley State | 4×400 Relay |
| Daniel Pung | Grand Valley State | 4×400 Relay |
| Sean Wells | Grand Valley State | 4×400 Relay |
| David Chase | Hillsdale | 4×400 Relay |
| Colby Clark | Hillsdale | 4×400 Relay |
| Ty Etchemendy | Hillsdale | 4×400 Relay |
| Joshua Mirth | Hillsdale | 3000 Meters |
| Lane White | Hillsdale | 4×400 Relay |
| Joseph Postwaite | Lake Erie | High Jump |
| Joel Johnson | Tiffin | 400 Meters |
| Kevin Roberts | Tiffin | Long Jump |
| Kevin Roberts | Tiffin | Triple Jump |
2015 USTFCCCA SECOND-TEAM ALL-AMERICA – NCAA DIVISION II WOMEN - 11 GLIAC |
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| Athlete | School | Event |
| Jennifer Bjelac | Ashland | Pentathlon |
| Kim Habegger | Ashland | Weight Throw |
| Erica King | Findlay | Weight Throw |
| Whitney Bice | Grand Valley State | Pole Vault |
| Amy Kerst | Hillsdale | 800 Meters |
| Hannah McIntyre | Hillsdale | 5000 Meters |
| Destiny Prusky | Lake Erie | High Jump |
| Anna Fochesato | Saginaw Valley State | High Jump |
| Brittany Johnson | Saginaw Valley State | Mile |
| Sarah Clow | Tiffin | Shot Put |
| Keianna Ingram | Tiffin | High Jump |
