Track and Field: NCAA Indoor Championships
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Women's Track & Field

Monson, Oginni earn All-America honorable mention at NCAAs

Badgers duo close out indoor season on final day of national meet

Women's Track & Field

Monson, Oginni earn All-America honorable mention at NCAAs

Badgers duo close out indoor season on final day of national meet

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.Alicia Monson followed Friday's national championship with another top-10 showing Saturday at the NCAA indoor championships, one of two members of the Wisconsin women's track and field team to earn honorable mention All-America honors on the meet's final day.

Monson took 10th place in the 3000 meters while teammate Banke Oginni finished 14th in the weight throw.

On the heels of her NCAA title in the 5000 meters a day earlier, Monson returned to the track Saturday and clocked a time of 9 minutes, 14.52 seconds. Monson was the Big Ten champion in the 3000 and 5000 this season.

Oginni posted a mark of 65 feet, 4 3/4 inches in the weight throw, an event in which she owns the school record at 73-3 1/4.
 
The Badgers will have two weeks off before opening the outdoor season March 23 at the Aztec Invitational in San Diego, California.
 
2019 NCAA Indoor Championships
Birmingham, Alabama
Saturday, March 9

 
Women's Weight Throw
14. Banke Oginni — 65-4 3/4 (19.93m)
 
Women's 3000 Meters
10. Alicia Monson — 9:14.52
 
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Players Mentioned

Alicia Monson

Alicia Monson

Distance
Sophomore
Banke Oginni

Banke Oginni

Throws
Redshirt Junior

Players Mentioned

Alicia Monson

Alicia Monson

Sophomore
Distance
Banke Oginni

Banke Oginni

Redshirt Junior
Throws