Bates Earns All-America Honors, Finishes 12th at NCAA Track & Field Championships

Boise State freshman Emma Bates turned in a remarkable performance at the NCAA Track & Field Championships, finishing 12th in the 5,000-meter run.  


Bates ran the distance in 16:43.84, earning All-America status by finishing 12th.  Bates became the 14th Bronco woman to earn All-America status.


Emma came from back in the pack to achieve the feat.  She was 17th heading into the final lap.  Bates' time was the best of four freshmen in the event.


Abbey D'Agostino of Dartmouth won the event with a time of 16:11.34.

Congratulations to Emma for a super performance!

Place	Athlete Name	Yr	Affiliation	Time			Pts
1	Abbey D'Agostino	SO	Dartmouth	16:11.34			10
2	Megan Goethals	SO	Washington	16:11.37			8
3	Jessica Tebo	SR	Colorado	16:14.32			6
4	Emily Sisson	SO	Providence	16:18.24			5
5	Aliphine Tuliamuk	JR	Wichita State	16:18.61			4
6	Natosha Rogers	JR	Texas A&M	16:20.04			3
7	Kathy Kroeger	JR	Stanford	16:22.60			2
8	Alex Kosinski	SR	Oregon	16:24.42			1
9	Chelsea Reilly	SR	California	16:30.31
10	Sheila Reid	SR	Villanova	16:31.48
11	Elvin Kibet	SO	Arizona	16:39.72
12	Emma Bates	FR	Boise State	16:43.84
13	Allison Woodward	FR	Oregon	16:43.92
14	McKenzie Melander	SR	Iowa	16:44.78
15	Sara Sutherland	SO	Texas	16:48.94
16	Corey Conner	JR	Maine	16:51.92
17	Bogdana Mimic	JR	Villanova	16:53.66
18	Kayleigh Tyerman	JR	Florida State	16:55.40
19	Jessica O'Connell	SR	West Virginia	17:10.43
20	Charlotte FfrenchO'Carroll	JR	Providence	17:19.04
21	Kathleen Stevens	FR	Virginia	17:24.29
22	Lauren Penney	JR	Syracuse	17:39.83
DNF	Chelsea Ley	FR	Virginia
DNF	Madeline Chambers	SO	Georgetown