Burns Selected To USTFCCCA All-America Team
Big Rapids, Mich. - Senior pole vaulter Greg Burns of the Ferris State University men's track and field team has been formerly recognized as a 2010 United States Track and Field/Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-America Team selection as announced by the organization.
Burns was chosen to the All-America team after placing sixth
overall for the Bulldogs in the pole vault this past Saturday
(March 13) at the 2010 NCAA Division II Indoor Championships in
Albuquerque, N.M.
The USTFCCCA announced the 278 student-athletes that will receive
USTFCCCA All-America honors in Division II. A total of 352 awards
will be presented to the 278 individuals as a result of a national
top-eight finish in last weekend’s NCAA-II Indoor
Championships.
Burns matched a personal career-best at the national championships
with an effort of 16-3.25 in the event. Ryan Brown of Western
Washington was the individual champion with a performance of 16-11
in Saturday's competition. With Burns' sixth-place effort,
the Bulldogs tallied three points in the men's action at the
national meet.
A total of nearly 400 student-athletes qualified for the meet by
reaching the automatic or provisional standards established for
each event. The University of New Mexico served as hosts of the
championships with the track and field action taking place in UNM's
Convention Center. The top eight finishers in each event earned
All-America recognition.
Burns was making his first appearance in a national competition
after winning the pole vault at the recent (Feb. 26-27) Great Lakes
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Indoor Championships
with a school-record performance (16-3.25) at Grand Valley State's
Laker Turf Building in Allendale, Mich.
Burns is only the third FSU men's track and field athlete since
1993 to claim Division II All-America status at either the indoor
or outdoor national meets.
Please visit this link for a complete listing of USTFCCCA
All-Americans:
http://www.ustfccca.org/featured/278-from-division-ii-to-receive-ustfccca-all-america-honors
