Teams: Women's Track & Field: Press Releases

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

BECK, COACH MORWICK HONORED FOR INDOOR ACHIEVEMENTS BY USTFCCCA

MEDFORD -- The Tufts University women's indoor track & field team's superb 2007-08 season resulted in regional honors for senior co-captain Catherine Beck (Brookline, NH) and Coach Kristen Morwick. The United State Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) named Beck the New England Indoor Athlete of the Year for the third straight season, and Morwick was tabbed as New England Indoor Coach of the Year.  The honors were announced on March 12 prior to the NCAA Championship meet.

Beck, the New England Indoor Athlete of the Year in 2006 and 2007 as well, competed in her 11th NCAA championship meet this year. She ran the anchor leg for the national champion distance medley relay and also took third in the mile. She won the mile and placed second in the 3,000 meters in leading Tufts to the New England Division III women's title.

Five members of Morwick's Tufts team qualified for the NCAA Championships overall this season. The Jumbos went on to finish sixth as a team at Nationals, with the DMR winning the second NCAA of Morwick's eight-year Jumbo tenure.

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