Trio named to track coaches' academic squad

Jordan Henry	Heath Groom
	Ryan Vessell

Three members of the 2006 UMR men's track and field squad have been selected to the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association's all-academic team. Freshman pole vaulter Jordan Henry and sophomores Heath Groom and Ryan Vessell were among the 129 selected to the team, which consists of individuals who have a minimum grade point average of 3.25 and met an NCAA qualfiying standard in his event.

Groom earned All--America honors in the javelin with a seventh place finish at the NCAA Division II Championships as he set a new school record in the event at 210-4. Henry also competed in the national meet in the pole vault and won the Great Lakes Valley Conference title in the event with a clearance of 15-9; later in the year, Henry cleared 16-1 1/4. Vessell was part of the Miners' 4x100-meter relay team that set a new school record with a time of 41.13 seconds during the Dewey Allgood Invitational.