Wake Forest Athletics
Snyder, Merritt, Green And Day Named All-Americans
3/10/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track and Field
March 10, 2001
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - The Wake Forest University men's and women's track & field teams concluded the indoor season Saturday at the 2001 NCAA Indoor Championships. The Demon Deacons finished ninth in the Men's Distance Medley Relay and fourth in the Women's Distance Medley Relay. Jill Snyder took eighth in the Mile Run, earning All-American honors and Sara Day placed eighth in the Women's 3,000-Meter Run, earning All-American honors. Day and Snyder earned another All-American certificate in the Distance Medley Relay along with teammates Carol Merritt and Nikeya Green.
Nathan Sisco, Ryan Hamilton, Paul Singleton and Chris Estwanik raced to a ninth place finish in the Men's Distance Medley Relay with a time of 9:41.95.
Snyder, Merritt, Green and Day shattered the school record in the Women's Distance Medley Relay with a time of 11:13.69, good for a fourth place finish and All-American honors for all four of the Demon Deacons.
Snyder, a senior from Lewisburg, PA, concluded her track and field career at Wake Forest as a five-time All-American. The school record holder in seven events ran a 4:45.29 in the Mile Run to place eighth and earn All-America accolades in the Mile Run, to go with the All-America certificate she earned Friday in the Distance Medley Relay, in which she ran the lead leg for.
Day, a senior from Winston-Salem, NC, broke her own school record in the 3,000-Meter Run, finishing eighth with a time of 9:23.60, earning All-American honors. The ACC Champion in both the 3,000 and 5,000, Day becomes a two-time All-American after running the anchor leg of the Distance Medley Relay on Friday.
The Demon Deacons will return to action this weekend as Wake Forest begins the outdoor track season at the 49er Classic in Charlotte, NC. Complete results of the 2001 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships are available at NCAA Championships.
