Wolverine Quintet Named to CSC Academic All-District Team
5/31/2023 6:33:00 PM | Women's Track & Field
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Sophie Isom, Aurora Rynda, Savannah Sutherland, Sam Tran and Kayla Windemuller were named College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honorees on Wednesday (May 31), the organization announced.
Sutherland's excellent academic performance while pursuing a degree in biology, health, and society is even more impressive in tandem with a breakout year for athletic performance. Heading into the 2023 outdoor NCAA Track and Field Championships, Sutherland won the 400-meter hurdles at East Preliminaries. She also holds the 400-meter hurdles, indoor 200 meter and is part of the indoor 4x400 and outdoor 4x100 school records. Sutherland also earned a Canadian 400-meter (indoor) record, first team All-America honors, first-team All-Big Ten honors (indoor and outdoor), two Big Ten Women's Track Athlete of the Week, and the Michigan Showstopper of the Year award.
As a graduate transfer, Isom had a strong year on and off the track. She is a 2023 U-M Athletic Academic Achievement award honoree, earned with a high grade-point average while pursuing her Master of Applied Economics. She also earned second team All-America (indoor), first team All-Big Ten (indoor), is a member of the school-record setting indoor 4x400 relay and received the Michigan Showstopper of the Year award. She will compete in the 4x400 at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
Rynda grabbed her 11th Big Ten title this season while graduating with a degree in Gender, Health, and Society. Rynda also won three Big-Ten titles this season (indoor 600m, indoor distance medley relay, outdoor 800m), earned first team All-America honors, helped set a facility record in the distance medley relay at the Big Ten Championships, earned first team All-Big Ten (indoor and outdoor), and will compete at the NCAA Outdoor Championships to close the season.
Studying movement science, Tran was a member of the Big Ten title-winning distance medley relay team this season and earned cross country All-Great Lakes Region and second team All-Big Ten honors.
Windemuller studied public health and earned second team All-Big Ten honors (outdoor).
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