The ACC released the 2023 All-ACC Women’s Indoor Track and Field Academic team on Tuesday and 15 Florida State student-athletes were named to the team which requires a 3.0 grade point average for the previous semester and a 3.0 cumulative average during one’s academic career. In addition, student-athletes must have competed in the ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships and/or the NCAA Indoor Championships during the most recent season.
FSU’s top performers from the Academic Team include senior Faith Banks who broke the facility record in the women’s 400-meter with the third-best time (52.88) in FSU history in the prelims and Amani Heaven who was runner-up in the shot put with a throw of 16.54 meters.
Also posting a top-five finish at the ACC Championship and making the Academic Team was Alexandra Websters who was third in the 60-meter hurdle with a time of 8.26.
Florida State’s All-ACC Women’s Indoor Track and Field Academic Team members are:
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Florida State’s men’s and women’s indoor track teams opened the 2023 ACC Indoor Track Championships with several strong performances in Louisville, Ky. Thursday night. With most of the meet’s scoring coming during finals on Saturday, the Seminoles are in good position with impressive performances in several preliminary events and three finals. Amir Willis was clocked with a lifetime best of 20.75 in the 200m prelims which was the second fastest time in the field. The junior’s performance is the eighth fastest time in FSU history with the finals coming on Saturday. Freshman phenom Dajaz DeFrand continued her remarkable rookie season posting the field’s best time in the women’s 200m prelims at 23.22 and is one of the favorites to win the event. Junior Ella Madson scored a personal best 3,568 points in the women’s pentathlon finishing 10th in the ACC Championship field. Caitlin Wilkey’s time of 16:58.12 in the women’s 5,000m was good for 22nd place for the FSU junior
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A total of 16 student-athletes representing the Florida State cross country teams captured All-ACC Academic Team honors on Thursday.
The Seminoles had nine women recognized, which tied for the league lead along with NC State and Virginia, while the men had the second-highest total at seven along with Duke, Pitt, and Georgia Tech.
“This is just fantastic!” FSU head coach Bob Braman said. “Our women led the ACC in All-Academic honors and the men had the second most. I’m really proud that our student-athletes make academics a priority.”
CLEMSON, S.C. - The Florida State track and field team had another solid day at the Clemson Invitational at the Rock Norman Indoor Track and Field Complex on Saturday afternoon. The Noles were led by the men's 4x400m relay (Butler, Collier, Willis, Watkins Jr.) who clocked the third-fastest indoor time in school history with a time of 3:05.82 to finish second in the event. Jeremiah Davis continued his phenomenal weekend in the triple jump recording an indoor personal best mark of 16.04m. That mark puts Davis at No. 6 on FSU's all-time list for the event. Kyvon Tatham also finished sixth in the event with a mark of 15.29m. In the men's 3000m run, Patrick Donnelly led the Noles with a time of 8:15.78 which was good enough for sixth place. On the women's side, Caitlin Wilkey (9:55.13) and Riley Bahr (9:55.36) led the way in the women's 3000m run to finish fifth and six. The women's 4x400m relay of Tyra Wilson, Dajaz DeFrand, Kaniya Johnson and Faith Banks fi