June 15, 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. - After a successful performance at the 2009 Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Fayetteville, Ark., three Hoyas received U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-America honors for their efforts. Senior Maggie Infeld (University Heights, Ohio/Beaumont), freshman Emily Infeld (University Heights, Ohio/Beaumont) and graduate student Liam Boylan-Pett (Bath, Mich./Columbia) were recognized for their phenomenal performances in the women's and men's 1500m, respectively.
The Infeld sisters are the first sisters in GU history to ever earn All-America honors in the same event in the same year. Since 2005, they are the third set of sisters to accomplish this feat and the second set who attended the same school to do so.
Maggie's time of 4:14.55 is a PR, the fourth-best time in school history and earned her a fifth-place standing at the NCAA Championships. Emily's time of 4:17.94 was an eighth-place time and a great follow-up after her preliminary round where she ran a personal record of 4:15.48, the fifth-best time in school history. Emily was one of two freshmen to earn the distinction in the event and is now a two-time All-American while Maggie ups her All-America count to four.
"Maggie and Emily performed really well at NCAA's," Assistant Track & Field Coach Chris Miltenberg said. "Emily ran a phenomenal race on Thursday in the prelims and was able to come back on Saturday to turn in the best freshman time in the finals. Maggie ran an excellent race on Saturday as her last NCAA performance and it was really great for her to run nearly a two-second PR as the final race of her GU career. I could not be more proud of both of them."
Boylan-Pett ran a 3:41.11 to finish sixth in the men's 1500m run. The time ranks as the 12th-best time in Georgetown history and is a GU PR for Boylan-Pett.
"Liam ran a smart and competitive race in a strong field," Director of Track & Field / Cross Country Patrick Henner said. "His performance was indicative of his entire outdoor season and he truly earned his All-America distinction."
