02 Jun 2021 Four Bisons earn All-America at NCAA outdoors
SEARCY – Four members of the Harding men’s track and field team earned All-America honors over the weekend at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Allendale, Michigan.
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It was the first time in program history that Harding had four individuals earn All-America.
Leading the pack with Harding’s lone First Team All-America award was freshman Nikolasz Csokas, who placed seventh in the 400-meter hurdles in 52.42 seconds. The last Harding athlete to earn All-America in the 400 hurdles was Jon Newby at the NAIA meet in 1992.
Freshman Fallou Gaye earned Second Team All-America in the 400 hurdles with a 12th-place finish in 53.15 seconds.
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Harding had two Second Team honorees in the pole vault. Junior Austin Parrish placed ninth with a clearance of 5.00 meters or 16 feet, 4.75 inches. Freshman Dorian Chaigneau cleared the same height and placed 10th.
Parrish and Chaigneau were the first Harding athletes to earn All-America in the pole vault since Jimmy Sloan in 1988.