May 14, 2003
Two Duquesne student-athletes have been named to the 2003 Atlantic 10 Men's Track & Field Academic All-Conference Team, the league office announced Wednesday. Junior
Shea McMillan (Pittsburgh, Pa./Mt. Lebanon) and sophomore
Alison Buchanan (Ravenna, Ohio/St. Thomas Aquinas) were named to the conference's 10-member squad.
McMillan earns her fourth academic all-conference accolade after being named to the 2002 indoor team and the 2001-02 indoor and outdoor Academic All-Conference squads. This past outdoor season, she took bronze in the triple jump, eighth as a member of the 4 x 100 relay and ninth in the long jump at the A-10 championship.
Alison Buchanan  |
McMillan helped set a new 4 x 100 Duquesne record (49.55) at Akron and a new indoor standard in the 60 meter with her time of 8.03 at the WVU Holiday Classic. A 2001-02 Verizon XC/Track & Field District II selection, she boasts a 3.78 GPA in finance.
Buchanan captured bronze as a member of the 4 x 800 relay and took sixth in the 800 meter at this year's A-10 outdoor championship. She was a member of the 4 x 800 relay, which ran an ECAC qualifying mark of 9:11.96 at the Penn Relays. Buchanan also helped set two new Duquesne relay records as a member of the 4 x 800 and Distance Medley Relay. A physical therapy major, she has a 3.78 GPA.


2003 Atlantic 10 Women's Track & Field Academic All-Conference Team
Name School Cl. GPA Major
Aderonke Adeniyi TU Jr. 3.80 BiochemistryJodi Borges UD Sr. 3.10 Exercise ScienceAlison Buchanan DUQ So. 3.78 Physical TherapyRachel Clinton TU So. 3.76 EducationSarah Conway SJU Sr. 3.63 FinancePascale Delaunay URI Jr. 3.30 Electrical Eng./FrenchShea McMillan DUQ Jr. 3.78 FinanceSamantha Porter TU Jr. 3.76 Political Science/GermanErica Prigg UD Sr. 3.64 CommunicationsKara Storage UD Sr. 3.85 Chemical EngineeringTara Storage UD Sr. 3.86 Chemical Engineering
Student-Athlete of the Year - Aderonke Adeniyi, Temple