EUGENE, Ore. – Senior Sara Sutherland raced to a third place finish in a very talented pool of 1,500-meter runners at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Saturday afternoon to earn herself first team All-America status.
Sutherland recorded a personal best time of 4 minutes, 13.48 seconds for the bronze in the race, surpassing her previous best of 4:13.56 from the Pac-12 Championships. This was the third time this season that Sutherland has run 4:13. She also ran 4:13.95 at the NCAA West Preliminary Championships.
The Dallas, Texas native ran a very smart and tactical race, moving up steadily in a well-paced race.