While most Dartmouth students sweated through exams, seniors Ted FitzPatrick and Sam Wilbur, and junior Maribel Sanchez earned All-America honors at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships earlier this month.
Wilbur, a favorite in the 3,000 meters, finished ninth in a time of 8:10.24.Despite being an Indoor All-American for the second consecutive year, Wilbur was disappointed with his performance, "I ran the worst race of my season," he said.
Wilbur said that he and FitzPatrick "ran sick," hurting their performances.
FitzPatrick finished 11th in 5,000 meters in a time of 14:18.18.
Sanchez earned All-American honors by finishing 10th in the 5,000 meters.Sanchez finished in a time of 16:42.08, two seconds off her personal record.
Originally the NCAA committee did not award All-American honors to Sanchez. All-American honors go to the top eight American finishers, and the committee at first failed to account for the foreign competitors.
Sanchez, like Wilbur, was a little disappointed with her performance. "I had an OK race," she said. "I definitely could have run better ... The race went out hard and I didn't hang on."
Sanchez said expects to benefit in the future from the experience she gained at the championships.
