Men's Indoor Track & Field

Eight Grab All-America Awards on NCAA Day Two

Haverford's Eshghi leads day two performances as runner-up in 3000

Results

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Haverford's Reza Eshghi grabbed silver in the men's 3000 meters to lead a strong showing from the Centennial Conference on the second and final day of the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships Saturday at Golisano Training Center. 

In the team standings, the Johns Hopkins men led all CC squads with 18 points and a tied-for-eighth place finish. The Dickinson men tied for 20th with nine points while Haverford tied for 25th with eight points. On the women's side, JHU tied for 17th with 11 points and Ursinus tied for 26th with nine points. 

Eshghi was one of eight CC competitors to secure All-America honors on Saturday as the conference compiled a total of 15 All-America awards throughout the event. Eshghi raced to a time of 8:10.26 to place second behind only Braden Nicholson of North Central (8:07.39). Johns Hopkins' Emmanuel Leblond placed ninth in the 3000 at 8:16.47, collecting his second All-America award of the championships after placing second in the 5000 meters on Friday. 

Dickinson's Trevor Richwine repeated as an All-American in the 800, taking third place at 1:50.38. Fellow Red Devil teammate Franklyn Akabi-During placed sixth in the 200 meters (21.93) to also grab first team All-America laurels. Akabi-During tied the CC record in the 200 during Friday's prelims with a time of 21.76. 

JHU's Oluwademilade Adeniran captured the other day two All-America honor on the men's side with a 15th-place showing in the triple jump at 14.32 meters. 

Earning spots on the women's All-America podium on Saturday were Ursinus' Rainah Dunham and JHU's Annie Huang and Adriana Catalano. Dunham secured her second All-America honor of the weekend with a fourth-place finish in the triple jump (12.33m), Huang took fifth in the 800 (2:09.33) and Catalano finished seventh in the 3000 (9:39.65).