Brown, Manning join All-American list

By J-W Staff Reports     Jun 12, 2007

The United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association announced Monday that Kansas University juniors Ashley Brown and Crystal Manning have been named Outdoor All-Americans.

The All-American honors brought Kansas’ 2007 outdoor haul to eight individual student-athletes, the most in school history during the outdoor season.

Brown finished 10th in the women’s 400-meter hurdles at the NCAA Championships in a school-record time of 57.15 seconds. She narrowly missed the finals of the event by two-tenths of a second when she finished her semifinal heat in 57.46. She broke her own school record in the event’s opening round.

Manning placed ninth in the women’s triple jump with a leap of 42 feet, 81â4 inches. She missed eighth place and scoring at the meet by 1-11â4, as Toledo’s April Williams leapt 42-91â2. In the event’s preliminaries, Manning jumped 43-91â4. She also shattered the school record this year when she won the Big 12 title with a jump of 44-113â4.

In Division I track and field, the top eight finishers in each event at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, including relays, are accorded All-America status. In the individual (non-relay) events, if one or more of the top eight finishers are of another nationality, eight American-born athletes are selected in addition to any foreign-born All-Americans.

The All-America honors by Manning and Brown also bring the KU women’s total to four in 2007, the most in school history. KU previously landed three female outdoor All-Americans in 1999 and 2005.

Excluding student-athletes who became All-Americans through participation on a relay team, the eight named this spring is the most ever in KU history for student-athletes participating in individual events. The previous high was seven in 1959.

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