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March 15, 2003
Michaelis Named All-American, Finishes Ninth in Nation
Fayetteville, Ark. --
Kurt Michaelis
capped an already phenomenal senior
indoor season with a ninth-place
finish in the mile at the NCAA
Division I Indoor Track and Field
Championships at the Randal Tyson
Track Center on the campus of the
University of Arkansas on Saturday
afternoon.
Michaelis became YSU's first Division I All-American by being
the seventh American to cross the
finish line with a time of 4:07.79.
"I want to give credit to God," Michaelis said. "I
thought my year was over after the
Notre Dame race and I was given a
second chance."
"It's always been a dream of mine to be an All-American and
to be YSU's first it's just an
amazing feeling."
"The race went a lot slower than I thought it would in the
beginning. The first quarter
we went about 61 seconds, but then
we fell down to about 66. By
the final quarter it was a dead
sprint."
"This is such a phenomenal accomplishment," Head Coach Brian
Gorby said. "We talked about
seniors stepping it up at the
beginning of the year and he's done
way beyond that. This is a
credit to his work ethic, drive and
desire."
Arkansas junior Chris Mulvaney won the race by nearly a half
second with a time of 4:05.70.
The entire meet will be shown tomorrow afternoon on ESPN2 at
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