Women's Track and Field | 5/31/2023 2:59:00 PM
CALDWELL, Idaho – Five College of Idaho women's track and field student-athletes -
Kahea Figueira (Spokane, Wash.),
Sage Martin (Meridian, Idaho),
Abbey Shirts (Weiser, Idaho),
Ellyse Tingelstad (Joseph, Ore.) and
Roby Young (Adrian, Ore.) - have been recognized by College Sports Communicators as Academic All-District®.
The 2023 Academic All-District® At-Large Teams recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom. Academic All-District® honorees advance to the CSC Academic All-America® ballot. First-, second- and third-team Academic All-America® honorees will be announced June 28.
At the recent 2023 NAIA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, all five represented College of Idaho with Martin and Tingelstad each earning All-American honors in a pair of events to lead College of Idaho to a share of eighth-place honors as a team.
Figueira was 15th in the 5000m run at the national championship after winning a conference title in the event. She also set a PR with a seventh-place finish in the 1500 at the 2023 CCC Championships. She earned All-American honors as a member of the Yotes' Distance Medley Relay that finished third at the 2023 NAIA Indoor Track & Field Championships. Figueira was 46th at the 2022 NAIA Cross Country Championships and fourth at the 2022 CCC Cross Country Championships.
Martin won the 3000m steeplechase at last week's NAIA Outdoor Track & Field Championships with a PR of 10:17.90 and later in the day, she picked up her second All-American honor with an eighth-place finish in the 5000. Prior to that, Martin won the Cascade Collegiate Conference title in the 3000m steeplechase and was fourth in the 5000. Along with Shirts and Figueira, she earned All-American honors as a member of the DMR and individually, she was fifth at the 2023 NAIA Indoor Track & Field Championships in the mile with a PR of 4:55.11.
Shirts picked up All-American honors last week in the 1500m run. At the 2023 CCC Championships, she won the 800, was second in the 1500 and member of the sixth place 4x400m relay. Shirts also earned All-American honors on the indoor circuit with a fourth-place finish in the 10000 and along with Martin, Figueira in the DMR. In cross country, she was 28th in a 5K PR at the 2022 NAIA Cross Country Championships and third at the 2022 CCC Cross Country Championships.
Tingelstad ran to All-American honors in the 10,000 and in the 5000, last week. She was second in the 10,000 and third in the 5000 after winning the 10k and third in the 5k at the 2023 CCC Track and Field Championships. Tingelstad just missed All-American honors with a ninth-place finish at the 2023 NAIA Indoor Track & Field Championships in the 3000. She was 24th at the 2022 NAIA Cross Country Championships and won her second-straight conference title at the Collegiate Conference Cross Country Championships.
Young culminated her career with a best finish of 13th in the heptathlon at the 2023 NAIA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, last week. She was seventh at the 2023 CCC Multi-Event Championships.
