Richmond Track & Field Announces 2010-11 Year End Awards

The University of Richmond announced its 2010-11 year end awards for men’s and women’s cross country and track & field this past fall.  During the 2010-11 year the Spiders programs continued to make great progress and improvement with 5 All-American honorees, 10 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Qualifiers, a 24th place at the NCAA Cross Country Championships, USTFCCCA All-Academic Team honors for the 9th consecutive year in M&W XC and M&W T&F, and the men's T&F team receiving recognition for achieving the highest GPA in the nation.  Here are some of the top awards Richmond student-athletes earned during the 2010-11 cross country and track & field season’s….  

2010 CROSS COUNTRY Awards:   

Richmond's lead pack at the
2010 Atlantic 10 Conference Championships.

All-American 3KSC runner-Andrew Benford

MEN:

Team MVP:        
Andrew Benford, Matt Llano   
Outstanding Rookie:   
Ryan Lee

2010 XC Rookie of the Year- Jill Prentice

WOMEN:

Team MVP:                  
Amy Van Alstine, Nicol Traynor

Outstanding Rookie:   
Jill Prentice

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2011 INDOOR TRACK & FIELD Awards:

MEN: 

Team MVP:                  
Andrew Benford

WOMEN:
Team MVP:                                  

X’auntasia Johnson                  

Outstanding Track Rookie:   
Alli Mannon

Outstanding Field Rookie:   
Grace Gibson

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 2011 OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD Awards:

All-American-Matt Llano

MEN:
Track MVP:             Andrew Benford, Matt Llano
Field MVP:              Devin Cassels         
Outstanding Rookie:    Ryan Lee

All-American- Nicol Traynor

WOMEN:

Track MVP:     Nicol Traynor, Amy Van Alstine       

Field MVP:      Heather Roush  

Outstanding Track Rookie:   Jill Prentice

Outstanding Field Rookie:   Grace Gibson

2010-11 Cross Country Team Awards:

Richmond's 2010 Atlantic 10 Conference Champion XC Teams.

2010 Women’s Cross Country-  Conference Team Champions

2010 Men’s Cross Country- Conference Team Champions

2010 Men’s Cross Country-  NCAA Southeast Region 4^th Place Finish

2010 Men’s Cross Country- NCAA National Championships (24^th Place)

2010 Women’s Cross Country-  NCAA Southeast Region Top 10 Finish (7^th)

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Tim Quinn

2010-11 Academic Awards:

2011     Men’s Track & Field- NCAA All-Academic Team with highest (#1) GPA in the Nation 

2011     Capital One Academic All-District Track & Field/Cross Country Team-Matt Llano

2011     Capital One Academic All-District Track & Field/Cross Country Team-Julie Rechel

2010-11 Richmond’s Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award (Matt Llano/XC-T&F)

2010-11 Richmond’s Male Presidential Scholar Award for Highest GPA (Tim Quinn)

2010-11 Richmond’s Female Presidential Scholar Award for Highest GPA (Julie Rechel)

2011     Men’s Track & Field- NCAA All-Academic Team   (9^th consecutive)

2011     Women’s Track & Field- NCAA All-Academic Team  (9^th consecutive)

2010     Men’s Cross Country-  NCAA All-Academic Team (9^th consecutive)

2010     Women’s Cross Country-  NCAA All-Academic Team   (9^th consecutive)

2010     NCAA All-Academic Team-  Andrew Benford, Matt Llano, Tim Quinn

Benford, Quinn and Llano

2010 Atlantic 10 Conference All-Academic Team (Cross Country):

            Andrew Benford

            Matt Llano

            Tim Quinn

            Julie Rechel

            Nicol Traynor

2011 Atlantic 10 Conference All-Academic Team (Indoor & Outdoor Track & Field):
-Andrew Benford- All-Academic Indoor T&F Team
-Lydia Morton- All-Academic Indoor T&F Team
-Andrew Benford- All-Academic Outdoor T&F Team
-Matt Llano- All-Academic Outdoor T&F Team
-Lydia Morton- All-Academic Outdoor T&F Team

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2010-11 All-Conference Individual Honors:

All-American-Amy VanAlstine

CROSS COUNTRY (Atlantic 10 All-Conference Performers):

Women:   Nicol Traynor (2^nd)

               Amy Van Alstine (4^th)

               Julie Rechel (11^th)

               Jill Prentice (12^th)

              Jenn Ennis (14^th)

Men:     Andrew Benford (1^st)

            Matt Llano (3^rd)

            Tim Quinn (6^th)

INDOOR TRACK & FIELD (All-Conference/Top 3 Performers):

WOMEN:

X’auntasia Johnson 3^rd-Triple Jump  (12.05M)

MEN:

Andrew Benford   1^st-3K (8:18.27)

Andrew Benford    1^st-5K (14:32.21)

All-American-Heather Roush

OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD (All-Conference/Top 3 Performers):

WOMEN:

Amy Van Alstine     1^st-5K (16:39.56) Meet record
Amy Van Alstine      1^st-1500M (4:19.36) Meet record, Facility Record, Program Record

Nicol Traynor           2^nd-5K (16:41.87)

Nicol Traynor           2^nd-3KSC (10:11.20)

Heather Roush         1^st-Javelin (44.91M)

Meaghan McGovern 2^nd-Hammer (55.85M)

Monica Howard        1^st- Discus (49.86M)

Heather Roush         3^rd-Discus (46.07M)

Julie Rechel             3^rd-10K (35:31.55)

MEN:

Matt Llano               1^st-5000M (14:34.18)

Tremayne Graham    3^rd-100M (10.62)

ATLANTIC 10 CONFERENCE-ATHLETE OF THE WEEK HONORS:

Cross Country

Sept. 8-    Ryan Lee- Rookie of the Week

Sept. 21- Nicol Traynor- Women’s Athlete of the Week

Oct. 5-     Andrew Benford- Men’s Athlete of the Week

               -Jill Prentice- Rookie of the Week

Oct. 19-    Matt Llano- Men’s Athlete of the Week

Oct. 30-    Andrew Benford-  A-10 Conference Performer of the Year (A-10 Champ)

TRACK & FIELD

May 9-     Amy Van Alstine- A-10 Conference Track Performer of the Year (1^st-1500M- 4:19.38- new A-10 Meet Record, UNC-Charlotte Facility Record and Richmond Program Record/1^st-5000M-16:39.56-A-10 Meet Record)

May 3-     Andrew Benford- A-10 Conference Track Performer of the Week

April 20-   Jill Prentice- A-10 Conference Track Rookie of the Week

April 4-     Nicol Traynor- A-10 Conference Track Performer of the Week

March 29- Amy VanAlstine- A-10 Conference Track Performer of the Week

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NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS:

NCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS-CROSS COUNTRY (Indiana State Univ.)

Richmond Men's Team 24th
at the NCAA Championships in Indiana.

-Men’s Cross Country Team (24^th place)

-Amy Van Alstine (67^th)

-Matt Llano (44^th)

-Andrew Benford  (75^th)

-Tim Quinn (116^th)

-Jon Wilson (204^th)

-Chris York (219^th)

-Levi Grandt (225^th)

-Jason Skipper (246^th)

NCAA SOUTHEAST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP-CROSS COUNTRY (Univ. of Louisville, KY)

-NCAA All-Region-  Matt Llano (8^th)

-NCAA All-Region-  Andrew Benford (10^th)

-NCAA All-Region-  Tim Quinn (20^th)

-NCAA All-Region-  Amy Van Alstine (7^th)

NCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS-INDOOR TRACK & FIELD (Texas A&M Univ.)

None

Julie Rechel

NCAA 1st ROUND QUALIFIERS-OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD (Bloomington, IN):

Name                      Event       Performance           

Andrew Benford-3KSC-2^nd-Ht#3-8:39.71 (8:46.12 to qualify)  NCAA All-East Region

Andrew Benford-5000M-16^th-Ht#2-14:34.48 (13:55.88 to qualify)

Amy VanAlstine-5000M-2^nd-Ht#1-16:15.91 (16:09.22 to qualify) NCAA All-East Region
Matt Llano-10K-8^th- 29:11.06 (28:43.30 to qualify) NCAA All-East Region

Heather Roush-Javelin-10^th-46.71M (48.08M to qualify) NCAA All-East Region

Nicol Traynor-3KSC-2^nd Ht#1-10:11.26      NCAA All-East Region

Nicol Traynor-5000M-9^th Ht#2- 16:33.78 (16:10.37 to qualify) NCAA All-East Region  

Julie Rechel-10K-35th-34:50.43 (35:14.82 to qualify)

Meghan McGovern-Hammer-24^th-54.48M (55.85M to qualify)

Jenn Ennis-3KSC-13^th Ht#3-10:41.24 (10:30.27 to qualify)

Jill Prentice-5000M-19^th Ht#1-17:01.30 (16:39.79 to qualify)

Monica Howard-Discus-42nd-41.47M (49.86M to qualify)

Jenn Ennis

NCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS-OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD (Drake Univ./DesMoines, IA)

Name                         Event        Performance Honor

Andrew Benford-3KSC-14^th-8:50.05-All-American-2^nd Team (8:39.71 to qualify)

Nicol Traynor-3KSC-11^th-10:17.07-All-American-2^nd Team (10:02.94 to qualify to final)

Heather Roush-Javelin-14^th-45.56M-All-America-2^nd Team (46.71M Reg/48.08M to qualify) 

Amy Van Alstine-5000M-14^th-16:06.15-All-American-2^nd Team (16:15.91 Reg-16:09.22 to qualify)

Matt Llano-10K-18^th- 29:57.21-Honorable Mention-All-America (28:43.30 To qualify)-2010 All-American

Meaghan McGovern

Freshman Ryan Lee

USATF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS QUALIFIERS- 
CROSS COUNTRY (San Diego, CA)

Name-----Event-----Performance            

Matt Llano-12K Sr Men--21st (37:28)
Ryan Lee-8K Jr Men--21st (26:04)
Amy VanAlstine-8K Sr Women--23rd (29:55)
Jon Wilson-12K Sr Men--37th (38:51)

USATF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS QUALIFIERS- 
INDOOR TRACK & FIELD (Univ. of New Mexico, NM)

NONE

USATF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS QUALIFIERS- 
OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD (Eugene, OR)

Name                      Event       Performance                                      

Andrew Benford-3KSC--15^th-8:50.05 (8:39.71 to qualify)        

Nicol Traynor-3KSC--13^th-(10:02.94 to qualify)                  

Ryan Lee-Jr 5000M--11^th- 14:42.84 (14:33.61 to qualify)    

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2011 SCHOOL RECORDS SET:

2011 Women’s Indoor Track & Field Records Set
Pole Vault                3.30 Meters     Grace Gibson  2011 

(she has already broken her record clearing 3.40M in 2012)  

Freshman Grace Gibson

2011 Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Records Set

1500 meters              4:19.36           Amy VanAlstine       2011

3000 meters              9:29.54           Amy VanAlstine       2011

5000 Meters              16:06.15         Amy VanAlstine       2011

10,000 Meters           34:50.43         Julie Rechel             2011

Pole Vault                  3.40 Meters    Grace Gibson          2011

3000M Steeple          10:02.94           Nicol Traynor           2011

Discus                        49.86 Meters  Monica Howard      2011

Javelin                       40.08 Meters    Heather Roush       2011

4x1500 Relay           17:58.28            Amy Van Alstine    2011
                                                           Nicol Traynor

                                                           Jenn Ennis
                                                           Alli Mannon

Monica Howard

2011 Men’s Indoor Track & Field Records Set

No records set in 2011

2011 Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Records Set
No records set in 2011