Full Team
COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. – Six members of the Ursinus Women's Track & Field team were named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Track & Field/Cross Country team as announced by the organization on Tuesday afternoon.
Recent graduates
Kaelin Ryan,
Mia Sideris, and
Juniper Bauroth-Sherman plus rising senior
Sam Wechsler along with rising juniors
Emily Barlam and
Mia Bompensa represented the Bears on the team.
Academic All-District recognizes student-athletes for their performance both on the field and in the classroom as honorees must have a GPA of 3.5 or higher and be a key starter/reserve for their respective team.
Ryan, a biology graduate, earned her third CSC Academic All-District nod. Ryan put together one of the best sprinting seasons in the history of Ursinus Women's Track & Field by claiming Second Team All-American honors in both NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships and four All-Metro Region nods. Ryan repeated her Centennial Conference Most Outstanding Women's Track Performer behind her four medals of two golds and two silvers at the Outdoor Championships to sweep the Most Outstanding Performers at the Centennial Track & Field Championships.
A computer science and applied economics graduate, Sideris joined Ryan as a three-time CSC Academic All-District selection. Sideris completed her Ursinus career with a strong senior outdoor season that saw her add two All-Region honors after getting her first Track nod in the Indoor season. Sideris won her first career medal in the 10,000 meters at the Centennial Outdoor Track & Field Championships for a bronze. Sideris added her second straight All-Metro Region honor in Cross Country as well in addition to earning All-Centennial honors at the Centennial Cross Country Championships.
A physics graduate, Bauroth-Sherman repeated her Academic All-District selection from a season ago. Bauroth-Sherman earned her second All-Region nod in the pole vault this season after her indoor honor and her first career relay All-Region nod. She set her career best pole vault mark of 3.35 meters set at the Centennial Conference Outdoor Championships and earned All-Metro Region honors as a member of the Bears 4x100 relay team.
Wechsler, a biology and spanish major, repeated her selection to the CSC Academic All-District team as well. She successfully defended her Centennial Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championship Triple Jump title and added another All-Metro Region nod.
A Psychology major, Barlam made her CSC Academic All-District team debut. Barlam earned bronze medals in the long jump for both the Centennial Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
Bompensa, a Media and Communication Studies/Theater major, rounded out the selections as the second Bear to earn Academic All-District honors for the first time in their respective careers. She earned All-Metro Region nods in the pole vault for both indoor and outdoor seasons and her second straight All-Region outdoor nod.
The six were most student-athletes that the Ursinus Women's Track & Field have landed Academic All-District honors from CSC.
