Published on June 14, 2016 by Philip Poole Â
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Arsene Guillorel
Three Â鶹¹û¶³ track and field student-athletes competed in the recent NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at the University of Oregon. All three earned All-America honors.
Pole vaulter was named first-team All-America after finishing seventh in the nation. He is Â鶹¹û¶³’s first-ever first team All-American in track and field.
Distance runner was second-team All-America, and middle-distance runner was honorable mention All-America.
Located in the Homewood suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, Â鶹¹û¶³ is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Â鶹¹û¶³ enrolls 6,324 students from 44 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Ranked among U.S. News & World Report’s 35 Most Beautiful College Campuses, Â鶹¹û¶³ fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and boasts one of the highest scores in the nation for its 97% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.