EUGENE, Ore. — Amy Phillips and Kari Wolfe each notched top-15 performances for the North Dakota State track and field team on Thursday at the NCAA outdoor championships.
Phillips capped her Bison career with a 15th-place mark of 215 feet in the hammer throw, good for second-team all-American honors.
Wolfe finished 10th in the women's javelin with a season-best toss of 175-8. Wolfe joined Phillips in gaining second-team all-American status for the second time in her career.
NDSU's Jacob Rodin was named the recipient of the NCAA Elite 90 Award on Thursday. The award is presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative GPA at each of the NCAA's 90 national championships. He holds a 4-0 GPA with a major in agricultural economics. Rodin was part of the men's 1,600-meter relay team that broke the school record Wednesday night at the outdoor championships.