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Rhody women's track acquires two academic all-conference players
Brandon Gearing
Issue date: 3/12/09 Section: Sports
03/12/09 - University of Rhode Island track and field members Shayna Daugherty and Stephanie Gregory, both juniors, were awarded Atlantic-10 Academic All-Conference honors last week.
The two teammates were chosen based on a combination of academic and athletic excellence.
Both Rhode Island and Dayton University were represented by two student-athletes each, tying them for the most in the A-10.
Most recently, Daugherty posted her best finish of her collegiate career in the high jump at the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships on March 7-8. Daugherty tied for seventh place with a jump of 5'5.
At the New England Championships on Feb. 27-28, Daugherty was a part of URI's first place 4x400-meter relay team, which clocked a winning time of 3:46.95
At the A-10 championships Feb. 20-21, Daugherty posted a personal best 3,554 points in the pentathlon. The mark set a junior class record and was good for third all-time at URI.
"[Being named to the team] highlights all of the effort I've put into both school and track," Daugherty said. "It's rewarding not only in one aspect of my life, it's rewarding in both."
Daugherty currently sports a 3.750 cumulative grade point average as a communicative disorders major.
She said she sometimes finds it difficult to balance track and school work, but gets everything done despite the challenge.
Daugherty said she hopes to someday become a speech pathologist, where she can work with either children with speech impediments, or adults who can't speak English correctly.
"School and track are both important to me when it comes to being successful," Daugherty said. "Being able to do both of them at the same time teaches me a lot of lessons that I'll need later on in life."
Daugherty said that being named to the Academic All-Conference team is her greatest achievement so far at URI.
She said she would like to build on her resume by improving her marks in track and field events to the point where she can be a national-level athlete.
The two teammates were chosen based on a combination of academic and athletic excellence.
Both Rhode Island and Dayton University were represented by two student-athletes each, tying them for the most in the A-10.
Most recently, Daugherty posted her best finish of her collegiate career in the high jump at the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships on March 7-8. Daugherty tied for seventh place with a jump of 5'5.
At the New England Championships on Feb. 27-28, Daugherty was a part of URI's first place 4x400-meter relay team, which clocked a winning time of 3:46.95
At the A-10 championships Feb. 20-21, Daugherty posted a personal best 3,554 points in the pentathlon. The mark set a junior class record and was good for third all-time at URI.
"[Being named to the team] highlights all of the effort I've put into both school and track," Daugherty said. "It's rewarding not only in one aspect of my life, it's rewarding in both."
Daugherty currently sports a 3.750 cumulative grade point average as a communicative disorders major.
She said she sometimes finds it difficult to balance track and school work, but gets everything done despite the challenge.
Daugherty said she hopes to someday become a speech pathologist, where she can work with either children with speech impediments, or adults who can't speak English correctly.
"School and track are both important to me when it comes to being successful," Daugherty said. "Being able to do both of them at the same time teaches me a lot of lessons that I'll need later on in life."
Daugherty said that being named to the Academic All-Conference team is her greatest achievement so far at URI.
She said she would like to build on her resume by improving her marks in track and field events to the point where she can be a national-level athlete.
