TRACK & FIELD ■ Finished 15th at the NCAA Outdoor Championships and placed 21st at the NCAA Indoor Championships, both tops in program history. ■ Distance runners Emily Venters and Simone Plourde became the seventh and eighth athletes in the program’s history to earn multiple All-America awards. Venters earned four of her five career All-America awards this past year in cross country and track. ■ Emily Venters became the highest NCAA finisher in program history as was the runner-up in the 10,000 meters. Emily Venters took third and Simone Plourde placed seventh in the 5,000 at the outdoor championships, both garnering first team All-America honors. Plourde also qualified for NCAAs in the 1,500 meters. ■ Dinedye Denis qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 400-meter hurdles and was an honorable mention All-American. ■ Simone Plourde captured the 1,500 meters and Emily Venters won the 10,000 meters and to give the Women of Utah their first-ever Pac-12 Conference track & field titles. Utah scored its most points at a Pac-12 Championship meet with 45, recording its highest team finish of ninth.
■ During the indoor season, Simone Plourde finished fourth in the 3,000 and Emily Venters placed fifth in the 5,000.
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