Atlantic 10 Conference
Atlantic 10 Conference

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Former URI Track Standout Heidi Westerling To Compete For Team USA At The IAAF World Half Marathon Championships

10/9/2009 - Former Rhode Island standout Heidi Westerling will represent the United States at the 18th IAAF World Half Marathon Championship, held on Oct. 11 in Birmingham, England. This is Westerling's first Team USA appearance. Westerling is a three-time A-10 champion in the 10,000m and URI school record holder in the 3,000m and 5,000m indoors and 5,000m and 10,000m outdoors.

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Richmond's Andrew Benford Secures Spot On U.S. National Mountain Running Team

- 7/27/2009 - Benford is the first U.S. runner in history to make both the junior and senior teams

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Benford, Law, Rainford And Roberts Garner USTFCCA Academic Honors

- 7/17/2009 - A record total of 327 student-athletes representing 107 Division I institutions made up the men's 2009 All-Academic team

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Currie, Law Tabbed Academic All-Americans

- 6/20/2009 - Both standouts recently competed at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships

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Jennings, Springs Earn All-America Honors At The NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships

- 6/14/2009 - Jennings placed eighth in the hammer throw; Springs finished 10th in the long jump

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Men's Performers of the Week
Matt DiBuono - Fordham
Senior, New Rochelle, N.Y./Iona Prep

DiBuono took gold in collegiate hammer throw competition with a throw of 206-11at the Penn Relays on Apr. 25...holds the longest toss in the A-10 this season.

Derek Dutille - Duquesne
Senior, Lebanon, N.H./Lebanon HS

Dutille qualified for the NCAA regionals and finished ninth of 22 runners in the 3,000m steeplechase at the Penn Relays on Apr. 23...his time of 8:59.18 is a personal-best and is the best in the league this year.

Men's Rookie of the Week
Dahmar Smiles - Saint Louis
Freshman, Laurel, Md./Meade HS

Smiles recorded a fourth-place time of 14.85 in the 110m hurdles at the SIUE Twilight on Apr. 25...also clocked a time of 53.84 in the 400m...currently holds the second-best time in the A-10 this season.

Women's Peformers of the Week
Jasmine Jennings - Rhode Island
Senior, Warwick, R.I./Warwick Veterans HS

Jennings became just the third URI student-athlete to win a Championship of America event at the Penn Relays on Apr. 23...she hit a mark of 190-3 to win the event, as well as qualify for the NCAA regionals.

Christa Plummer - La Salle
Senior, Quakertown, Pa./Palisades HS

Wilson replaced her school record in the discus with a winning throw of 156-2 at the Larry Ellis Invitational on Apr. 18, qualifying for the NCAA regionals in the event...also finished third in the hammer throw with a toss of 166-4 and fourth in the shot put, reaching the mark of 44-11...qualified for the ECAC Championships in all three events.

Women's Rookie of the Week
Courtney Siebenaller - Dayton
Freshman, Toledo, Ohio/Whitmer HS

Siebenaller placed fourth in the pole vault and bettered her own school-record with a season-best mark of 12-7 ½ on Apr. 25 at the Stan Lyons Invitational...the mark qualifies as an NCAA regional height.