Tag: Women’s Cross Country, Women’s Track and Field

AUSTIN, Texas – Nova Southeastern women’s track and field and cross country graduated senior Michelle Bauer delivered a program-first honor on Wednesday, as officials from the College Sports Information Directors of America announced Bauer as the track/cross country program’s first CoSIDA Google Cloud Academic All-American®, honored among the award’s third team members.

The Division II Academic All-America® program is financially supported by the NCAA Division II national governance structure to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2019-20 Division II Academic All-America® teams program. Despite the cancellation of spring competition during COVID-19, CoSIDA continued its sponsorship of the Academic All-America® awards program. Student-athletes were selected based on career statistics.

Bauer (St. Marys, Pa.) graduated in just three years with a degree in Finance and a perfect 4.0 grade point average, despite working through minors in Spanish, International Business, Honors Transdisciplinary Studies and Experiential Leadership – in addition to her role as one of the long-distance leaders for the Sharks.

A perpetual standout for the Sharks on the cross country course, Bauer paced all Sharks runners in each of the seven meets of the 2019 season – a feat she also achieved in 2017 as a rookie. In her career as a Shark, Bauer has topped the NSU scoring pack in 15-of-20 races. In 2019, Bauer produced three top-10 finishes, highlighted by a sixth-place crossing at the Florida Tech Invitational on Sept. 7. She leaves NSU with a top 5k time of 19:20.14, top 6k at 23:46.50 and three appearances at the NCAA South Regional Championships.
 
On the track, Bauer was a consistent performer in distance events, twice finishing fourth at the Peach Belt Championships in the 10,000m and twice sixth at PBC in the 3000m steeplechase. Before her final season at NSU was cut short after only three meets, Bauer ranked third in the 5,000m in the Southeast Region.

At the annual Sharky’s Awards, Bauer was named the 2020 NSU Scholar-Athlete of the Year and also received the Peach Belt’s Elite 15 Award. She was actively involved in the Razor’s Edge Leadership Program and was a six-time Dean’s List and Director’s List honoree, as well as being named three times to the Peach Belt Academic team, thrice to the SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll, twice a recipient of a Division II Athletic Director’s Association Academic Achievement Award and was the first NSU track and field CoSIDA Academic All-District awardee since 2016.

A complete list of the CoSIDA Google Cloud Academic All-America® Women’s Track and Field/Cross Country Teams can be viewed here (PDF).

For more information about CoSIDA’s Google Cloud Academic All-America® Teams program, visit AcademicAllAmerica.com on CoSIDA.com.
 

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Nova Southeastern Athletics would like to recognize former women’s cross country and track and field athlete Alexandria Palm as its GEICO Alumni of the Month.

A 2014 graduate in Nursing, Palm began her professional career at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago in the Emergency/Trauma department. She went on to become an ER travel nurse in Denver and Phoenix. She was a pediatric ER nurse in Phoenix when the COVID-19 pandemic began and is transitioning to a career as a trauma flight nurse in northern California.
 
“Nova Southeastern Athletics taught me strength, resilience and ambition that I now use every day in my field of work,” Palm said. “I am so thankful for all my lifelong memories and experiences I gained while at Nova.”
 
From the moment Palm arrived from Winnebago High School in Illinois, it was obvious she would have a huge impact on the cross country program. From her rookie season in 2010, Palm kicked off a career rewriting the NSU history books – breaking the Sharks’ 5k and 6k records as a freshman, helping NSU to a second-place finish at the Sunshine State Conference (SSC) Championships and a fourth-place team ending at the NCAA South Regional. She finished seventh in the Regional race.
 
As a sophomore, Palm again led the Sharks to more history, maintaining the second-place team finish at the SSC Championships (in which she finished sixth) and pacing the Sharks to a third-place finish at the NCAA South Regional.
 
However, as Palm became an upperclassman, everything clicked into place. In 2012, Palm became the first women’s runner to win a Sunshine State Conference individual title. Notching first-team All-SSC accolades, Palm’s winning time of 21:51 set a school record in the 6k, surpassing her own mark by 12 seconds. The Sharks would again finish second and third at Regionals – with Palm coming in third in the Regional. Palm led the Sharks to their first team appearance at nationals as the lead runner – her 22:34 gave her sole possession of the five fastest 6k times in the NSU history book at the time.
 
Her final campaign as a Shark cemented her place in history, winning her second consecutive individual SSC Championship, being named the SSC Runner of the year, downing her own 6k record at 21:50 as the first runner to win the conference meet in back-to-back seasons since 2005 and crossing the line in second at the NCAA Regional. The Sharks again were third at Regionals and returned to the National meet.
 
On the track, Palm recorded a third-place 3000m finish at the NCAA South Regional as a rookie, was third in the Peach Belt 3000m steeplechase as a sophomore for an All-Region bid and finished out her NSU track career with a pair of personal bests for third in the Peach Belt 3000m steeple (11:34.37) and sixth in the 10,000m (40:18.53) in her third and final season, again notching All-Region honors.
 
As always, to stay up-to-date with Sharks Athletics, follow the official pages on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @NSUSharks.
 

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – For the first time since the 2016 season, the Nova Southeastern track and field program has registered a key postseason academic honor, as women’s distance runner Michelle Bauer has been named a member of the CoSIDA Google Cloud Academic All-District Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country First Team, officially announced on Friday.

The teams, divided geographically, recognize the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances in athletic competition and in the classroom. The CoSIDA Google Cloud Academic All-America program separately recognizes honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA.

Coming off her final seasons and an early graduation, Bauer (senior, St. Marys, Pa.) has earned her degree in Finance with a perfect 4.0, even while working through minors in Spanish, International Business, Honors Transdisciplinary Studies and Experiential Leadership.

A standout leader for the Sharks on the cross country course, Bauer paced all Sharks runners in each of the seven meets of the 2019 season – a feat she also achieved in 2017 as a rookie. In her career as a Shark, Bauer has topped the NSU scoring pack in 15-of-20 races. In 2019, Bauer produced three top-10 finishes, highlighted by a sixth-place crossing at the Florida Tech Invitational on Sept. 7. She leaves NSU with a top 5k time of 19:20.14, top 6k at 23:46.50 and three appearances at the NCAA South Regional Championships. On the track, Bauer twice finished fourth at the Peach Belt Championships in the 10,000m and twice was sixth at PBC in the 3000m steeplechase.

Bauer was named the 2020 NSU Scholar-Athlete of the Year at the annual Sharky’s Awards and received the Peach Belt’s Elite 15 Award. She is actively involved in the Razor’s Edge Leadership Program and is a six-time Dean’s List and Director’s List honoree, as well as being named three times to the Peach Belt Academic team and thrice to the SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

Bauer will now advance to the CoSIDA Google Cloud Academic All-America ballot. Academic All-America honorees will be announced from June 22-25.

A complete list of the CoSIDA Google Cloud Academic All-District Women’s Track and Field/Cross Country Teams can be viewed here.

For more information about CoSIDA’s Google Cloud Academic All-District and Academic All-America Teams program, visit AcademicAllAmerica.com on CoSIDA.com.
 
 

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