Home Virginia’s Owens earns first-team All-American honors, Barnett makes second team
Sports

Virginia’s Owens earns first-team All-American honors, Barnett makes second team

Chris Graham

virginia track and fieldVirginia’s men’s and women’s track and field teams concluded competition at the NCAA Indoor Championships as Owayne Owens and Mia Barnett each earned All-American honors in Birmingham, Ala., on Saturday night.

Entering the triple jump as the two-time reigning ACC champion in the event, Owens earned All-American honors with his mark of 16.13m (52’11”) recorded on his sixth and final attempt. The mark earned Owens an eighth-place finish and first team All-American honors for the second time in his indoor career. Owens achieved second team All-American honors in the 2020 season.

After breaking a 40-year-old Virginia record in qualifying (4:33.54), Mia Barnett finished tenth overall in the women’s mile. With a time of 4:42.91, Barnett capped a historic freshman season with second team All-American honors.




Multimedia

 

Chris Graham

Chris Graham

Chris Graham is the founder and editor of Augusta Free Press. A 1994 alum of the University of Virginia, Chris is the author and co-author of seven books, including Poverty of Imagination, a memoir published in 2019. For his commentaries on news, sports and politics, go to his YouTube page, TikTok, BlueSky, or subscribe to Substack or his Street Knowledge podcast. Email Chris at [email protected].

Latest News

uva football solomon beebe
Football, Go 'Hoos

UVA Football: Backup tailback Solomon Beebe arrested on animal-cruelty charges

Tom Perriello
Virginia Politics

Democrats target Tom Perriello, offer resources to flip Fifth District seat

The news involving the Tom Perriello campaign earlier this week was, the congressional race between Perriello and Republican incumbent John McGuire in the Fifth District is trending tighter than the pundits were initially expecting.

power line workers
Virginia Politics

Virginia SCC to hold public hearing on NextEra Energy transmission line

The matter before the Virginia State Corporation Commission involving a request by NextEra Energy Transmission Virginia Inc. to build electric transmission facilities in Frederick County has a public hearing on the schedule for next month.

Wayne Theatre downtown Waynesboro performing arts center
Local

Waynesboro: Wayne Theatre Alliance announces departure of executive director

skin cancer
News

Don’t mess around with skin cancer: Get that weird spot checked out

donald trump
Trump's America

Mel Gurtov | Trump’s bromance dream undermines relations with South Korea

closeup of microphone on stage
Local

Harrisonburg: Train, Moon Taxi to perform at Atlantic Union Bank Center on Oct. 2