Friday, June 8
Sacramento, Calif.
All day
Syracuse University
at
NCAA Championship
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Jillian Drouin earned All-America honors in the heptathlon.
Drouin and LeBlanc Earn All-America Honors
6/8/2007 11:42:59 PM | Track and Field
Complete Results
Sacramento, Calif. – Two Orange student-athletes earned All-America accolades at the 2007 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championship on Friday. Junior Jillian Drouin achieved All-America honors in the heptathlon and sophomore Michael LeBlanc earned the accolade in the 100m dash. It is the first time Syracuse has had multiple All-America honors since the 2000 season.
Sacramento, Calif. – Two Orange student-athletes earned All-America accolades at the 2007 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championship on Friday. Junior Jillian Drouin achieved All-America honors in the heptathlon and sophomore Michael LeBlanc earned the accolade in the 100m dash. It is the first time Syracuse has had multiple All-America honors since the 2000 season.
Drouin placed third in the heptathlon, recording 5,822 points. Drouin is the first SU student-athlete, male or female, to earn All-America accolades in a multi-event. Drouin, the BIG EAST Champion in the heptathlon, opened the second day of competition by finishing fourth in the long jump, recording a distance of 6.01m. She also recorded marks of 38.16m in the javelin and 2:24.33 in the 800m run.
Drouin also competed in the finals of the high jump, placing ninth with a height of 1.80m. She missed becoming only the second SU student-athlete to earn All-America accolades in the two different events by one place.
LeBlanc is SU’s first All-American in the 100m dash since 1986, when Mike Morris earned national recognition in 1986. He placed fourth with a time of 10.22. In his first full season with the Orange, LeBlanc earned All-America accolades and won a BIG EAST title in the 100m dash.
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