Veatch Earns Career-First All-American Honors
6/9/2018 3:14:00 PM | Track and Field
EUGENE, Ore. – Day three of the NCAA Championships was the final day of men's competition. It featured the Championships debut of redshirt freshman Ben Veatch in the 5,000m.
The Carmel, Ind. native earned his first All-American honors (second team) when he finished 16th overall with the time of 14:06.40. Veatch was one-of-two freshman to qualify for the NCAA Championships in the 5,000m and he was finished two seconds before Cooper Teare of Oregon, nabbing the final All-American position.
The final day of the NCAA Championships will feature the return of All-American Katherine Receveur in the 5,000m. Receveur finished third at the 2017 NCAA Championships and broke her own school record in March at the Stanford Invitational with the time of 15:43.26. The 5,000m is scheduled to take off at 8:25 pm ET.
ESPN will provide live streaming of the Championships here. Live stats will be available here.
For complete coverage of everything Indiana track and field and cross country, make sure to follow the teams via Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
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The Carmel, Ind. native earned his first All-American honors (second team) when he finished 16th overall with the time of 14:06.40. Veatch was one-of-two freshman to qualify for the NCAA Championships in the 5,000m and he was finished two seconds before Cooper Teare of Oregon, nabbing the final All-American position.
The final day of the NCAA Championships will feature the return of All-American Katherine Receveur in the 5,000m. Receveur finished third at the 2017 NCAA Championships and broke her own school record in March at the Stanford Invitational with the time of 15:43.26. The 5,000m is scheduled to take off at 8:25 pm ET.
ESPN will provide live streaming of the Championships here. Live stats will be available here.
For complete coverage of everything Indiana track and field and cross country, make sure to follow the teams via Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
#GoIU
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