Isom, Rynda Garner CSC Academic All-America Citations
6/28/2023 12:00:00 PM | Women's Track & Field
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- University of Michigan sprinter Sophie Isom was named to the 2022-23 Academic All-America first team, while distance runner Aurora Rynda garnered third-team honors, the College Sports Communicators (CSC) announced on Wednesday (June 28).
Of the 45 members of the Academic All-America Division I women's track & field/cross country team, eighteen earned a perfect 4.0 GPA. Isom is one of the eighteen boasting a 4.0 GPA -- earned while pursuing her master's in applied economics. The collective GPA of those to earn first-, second- and third-team status is 3.86.
Rynda was named to the third team after earning a 3.6 GPA while pursuing her degree in movement science and a minor in gender and health.
The duo's stellar academic performances are paired with a season of outstanding accomplishments on the track. During the 2022-2023 season, Isom and Rynda were members of both the indoor and outdoor Big Ten championship teams and the indoor and outdoor NCAA Championship squads.
Isom, a graduate student from Dallas, Texas, earned second-team All-America honors at both NCAA championship events as a member of the 4x400 relay. She was also a member of the Big Ten title-winning -- and school-record setting -- 4x400 relay team at the 2023 Big Ten Indoor Track and Field Championships.
In her final season with the Maize and Blue, Rynda captured Big Ten individual titles as the 800-meter outdoor champion and 600-meter indoor champion, and helped contribute to the team's highest outdoor NCAA Championship finish since 2009. The Toronto, Ontario native closed her college career as an eleven-time individual Big Ten champion and eight-time All-American.
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