USTFCCCA
NEW ORLEANS, La. – Portland redshirt sophomore Jared Bassett earned All-America Second Team honors in the Steeplechase after advancing to the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships this spring. The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced the All-America recipients on Monday. Bassett missed earning first team honors by less than a second and was the only underclassman on either the first or second team in the event.
Bassett came up just short of qualifying for the finals at the NCAA meet last week. He set a PR by posting a time of 8:50.99 to finish seventh in his heat. Bassett qualified for the NCAA Championships with a 10th-place finish after a posting a then-PR time of 8:51.57 at the Preliminary Round meet in Eugene, Ore. A native of Coos Bay, Ore., this was his first appearance at nationals on the track and extended Portland’s streak to 20 consecutive NCAA Championship meets with at least one participant.
First-team USTFCCCA All-America honors are awarded to those who earn any portion of a team point at the national championships, or reach an eight-entrant final. Second-team All-America honors are handed out to those whose final placing in the national meet range from ninth to 16th place. Those who participated at the final site but did not place in the meet’s top 16 are listed as honorable mention for the All-America award.
2011 NCAA Division I 3000m Steeplechase All-America Team
First Team
Donn Cabral, Jr., Princeton
Brett Hales, Sr., Weber State
Matt Hughes, Sr., Louisville
Benjamin Johnson, Jr., Stanford
Andrew Poore, Jr., Indiana
John Sullivan, Sr., Stanford
De'Sean Turner, Jr., Indiana
Justin Tyner, Sr., Air Force
Second Team
Jared Bassett, So., Portland
Andrew Benford, Sr., Richmond
Hillary Bor, Sr., Iowa State
Steve Finley, Sr., Oregon
Craig Forys, Jr., Michigan
Travis Mahoney, Jr., Temple
Ryan McDermott, Sr., Duke
Andy Weatherford, Jr., Indiana