BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — UTSA sophomore Ingeborg Gruenwald earned second-team All-America honors with a 13th-place finish in the long jump at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships on Friday night at Birmingham CrossPlex.
Gruenwald, the two-time reigning Conference USA champion and school record-holder, posted her top jump of 6.24 meters (20-5.75) to finish 13th in her first NCAA postseason appearance.
The sophomore from Salzburg, Austria, opened the competition by touching the sand at a distance of 6.22m (20-5) before recording the 6.24m leap on her second trip down the runway. She matched that measurement on her third and final attempt to secure her first All-America certificate.
Gruenwald was only two centimeters behind 10th-place finisher Titiana Marsh of Georgia, who leaped 6.26m (20-6.5), and she was a mere one centimeter shy of Texas' Tyra Gittens and Nebraska's Darby Thomas.
Jasmine Moore of Florida claimed the national title with a leap of 6.57m (21-6.75), which runner-up Monae Nichols of Texas Tech matched, but Moore earned the gold medal with a second-best jump of 6.56m (21-6.25) versus 6.54m (21-5.5).
Gruenwald now has stamped her name in the UTSA record book as the 14th All-American on the women's side. It also marks the eighth indoor and 26th overall All-America accolade for the program.
Last month inside this same facility, Gruenwald captured her second straight conference crown in the long jump with a school-record leap of 6.42m (21-0.75). She finished the indoor campaign with two wins and a pair of runner-up finishes to go along with tonight's All-America showing in the event.
One more Roadrunner is in line to garner All-America plaudits this weekend, as C-USA champion and UTSA record-holder Jemuel Miller will participate in the men's triple jump at 3:45 p.m. Saturday.
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