McKeever Places Third At NCAA?s In 5,000m

Friday, March 14

Fayetteville, Ark.

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Duke University

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McKeever & DellaVolpe Earn Academic All-Region Honors

McKeever Places Third At NCAA?s In 5,000m

3/15/2008 12:00:00 AM | Track & Field

By: Duke Sports Information

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Junior Maddie McKeever ran in the 5,000m on Friday night in the NCAA Championships at the Randal Tyson Track Center on the campus of the University of Arkansas. The native of Littleton, Colo., ran the event in a personal-best 15:58.18, which placed her third. Live results for the entire meet can be found on www.flashresults.com.

McKeever's time improved upon her second-fastest mark in school history of 16:06.54 that she ran on Feb. 29 at the ACC Championships. That mark won her the title at the ACC's and automatically qualified her for the NCAA's. The Duke record in the indoor 5,000m is 15:52.47, by Clara Horowitz in 2006.

McKeever will earn her fifth All-America honor for her performance. She was an All-America in cross country the past two seasons and an All-America indoors and outdoors in 2007 in the 5,000m.

The Duke Track and Field team will begin the outdoor season on March 21 and 22 at the Wake Forest Open in Winston-Salem, N.C.

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