NEW ORLEANS, La. – Twelve Virginia Tech track and field student-athletes were recognized as All-Americans on Tuesday afternoon by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).
All individuals listed on the start list at the 2020 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships qualified as All-Americans. A total of 671 honors were handed out to 119 different institutions Tuesday.
Highlighted by Peter Seufer, the men's team saw Patrick Forrest, Jack Joyce, Bashir Mosavel-Lo, Jacory Patterson and Diego Zarate earn All-America honors.
On the women's side, Sarah Edwards led the All-America group of Rachel Baxter, Arlicia Bush, Lindsey Butler, Sara Freix, and Caitlan Tate.
Seufer, a Lynchburg, Virginia native, was one of only four men in the country to earn All-America honors in three events and used personal best times of 7:48.28 in the 3,000 and 13.36.36 in the 5,000 to make his first NCAA Indoor appearance. The senior finishes his career with a total of seven All-America honors.
The back-to-back ACC champion in the women's mile, Edwards earned honors in the distance medley relay and mile. The Bellingham, Massachusetts native now sits as an six-time All-America honoree.
Baxter was coming into the NCAA Championships with a record-breaking indoor season that saw her set the school record in the pole vault and gave her the second-best mark in the country at 4.53 meters (14 feet, 10.25 inches). The junior from Orange, California is now a four-time All-American.
The duo of Freix (3,000m, DMR) and Mosavel-Lo (DMR) made their second NCAA indoor appearances, as they both earned All-America honors for the third time in their careers.
Zarate (mile) and Bush (DMR) both collected All-America honors for the second time in their careers.
Butler (DMR), Forrest (DMR), Joyce (DMR), Patterson (400) and Tate (400) all earned All-America honors for the first time in their careers.
Since taking over the reigns as the director of track and field at Virginia Tech, Cianelli has now coached 101 All-Americans who have earned a total of 275 All-America honors.
