Ten members of the Simon Fraser University Clan track and field team were named to the 2014 Great Northwest Athletic Conference all-academic squad.
Five student athletes from the men's team and five from the women's team made the cut, with senior's James Young and Kirsten Allen earning the honour for a third time in their university careers.
Young is a biomedical physiology student, boasting a 3.83 grade point average. In his senior season with the Clan, Young recorded an NCAA provisional mark in the 1,500 metres when he ran in a time of 3:51.57 at the Mount Sac Relays.
With a GPA of 3.84, Allen, a kinesiology student had season-best performances of 4:37.41 in the 1,500m, a GNAC provisional time, and 2:20.61 in the 800m at the Stanford Invitational.
Cameron Proceviat of Burnaby, Lorenzo Smith, Brendan Wong and Jacob Karamanian were also named to the men’s team.
Proceviat, a sophomore, earned a 3.82 GPA in molecular biology. In 2014, he recorded NCAA provisional times in two events, running the 1,500m in a time of 3:52.06 at the San Francisco State Distance Carnival while also running the 800m in a time of 1:51.64 at the Oregon State High Performance meet.
Smith earned a near-perfect grade point average of 4.22 in biomedical physiology. The sophomore posted GNAC provisional times in the 800m in a time of 1:56.90 to earn his spot at the conference meet at the Oregon State High Performance Meet before besting that time at the conference championships with a time of 1:54.34.
Smith also ran a provisional qualifier in the 1,500m in a time of 4:00.27 at the Long Beach Invitational.
Wong earned his first appearance on the all-academic team with a GPA of 3.35 in kinesiology. His season-best times were 2:00.58 in the 800m at the University of Puget Sound Shotwell Invitational and 4:07.52 in the 1,500m at the UBC Open.
Karamanian, a junior, boasts a grade point average of 3.62 in biomedical physiology. He competed in six different events for SFU over the course of the 2014 season - the 100m, 400m, high jump, long jump, shot put and javelin.
Jennifer Sloman, Peggy Noel, Erina Cho and Ryler Carr also made the women's all-academic team.
Sloman makes the team for the first time with a 3.45 grade point average in arts. The sophomore posted her season-best on her home track this year, running the 200m in a time of 27.20 seconds and the 400m in a time of 1:01.33, both at the Achilles Cup.
Noel earned her spot on the all-academic team with a 3.42 GPA in business. Noel saved her best race of the year this season for her final one, running the 1500m at the Great Northwest championship in a time of 4:36.49.
Carr and Cho are both kinesiology students who sport a grade point average of 3.28.
Carr competed predominantly in the hammer throw though she also competed in the shot put for SFU at the Achilles Cup. She earned a GNAC automatic qualifier in the hammer with a distance of 46.66 metres with her throw at the Emilie Mondor Invitational.
Cho is a sophomore making her first appearance on the all-academic team. She competes in the 1,500m and 3,000m.
Student athletes must have a minimum grade point average of 3.20 to be eligible for the team.
Sarah Sawatzky and Oliver Jorgensen will wrap up the track and field season for the Clan this week when they compete at the NCAA championships in Allendale, Missouri.
Sawatzky will compete in the 800m in her final collegiate competition, while Jorgensen will become the first member of the Clan men's track and field team to compete at the NCAA championship, when he runs in the 3000m steeplechase.
