Ten @ButlerXCTF Student Athletes Earn All-BIG EAST Indoor Track & Field Honors

3/2/2023 2:56:00 PM | By: Ethan Polak

Full ALL-BIG EAST Team

Ten Butler student athletes were named to All-BIG EAST Indoor Track & Field. The announcement was made Wednesday afternoon by the conference office.

The All-BIG EAST squad is made up of BIG EAST competitors who finished in the top three in any individual or relay event at the championships, with this season's meet held February 24-25 at the Dr. Conrad Worrill Track & Field Center at Gately Park in Chicago.

127 student-athletes across eight schools were named the All-BIG EAST Team.

Angelina Ellis and Jack Elder were two of 33 student athletes to earn all-conference recognition in multiple events this season.

Ellis grabbed two gold medals in the women's 3,000 meters at 9:10.63 and the distance medley relay at 11:20.99. She was joined by Katherine Olsen, Reagan Kelly and Morgan Walsh, who also received All-BIG EAST honors.

Karmen Koch rounded out the Butler women's All-BIG EAST nominees in the pentathlon with a score of 3817.

Elder led the men's team with two All-Big East certificates. He secured the win in the heptathlon with a score of 5051 while also claiming the bronze in the pole vault at 3.85 meters.

For the second straight year, Barry Keane captured the conference title in the 5,000 meters at 13:45.37. This was the fifth time he was nominated for the All-BIG EAST Track team.

Three Bulldog men finished with a silver including Luke Finnegan in the 60 meters (6.76), Gavin Cougle in the 400 meters (47.76) and Jesse Hamlin in the mile (3:59.25).

Keane and Hamlin will represent the Bulldogs at the NCAA Indoor Championships on March 10-11 in Albuquerque, N.M.

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