EUGENE, Ore. – Defending national runner-up Greta Karinauskaite from California Baptist earned a second straight first-team All-America honor in the women’s 3000-meter steeplechase to close the 2024 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships on June 8 at the University of Oregon’s Hayward Field.
 
Karinauskaite ran her best 3000-meter steeplechase time of the season, clocking a 9:35.56 showing in the national final to finish in fourth place. Karinauskaite was the first WAC women’s outdoor track and field athlete to repeat as a national top-five finisher in a given event since Amber Kaufmann from Hawai’I in the high jump from 2008-10.
 
Karinauskaite was the fifth WAC athlete at the 2024 NCAA Championships to earn All-America accolades, joining fellow first-teamers Lucas Van Klaveren from UT Arlington (men’s decathlon) and Israel Oloyede from Grand Canyon (men’s hammer throw), and second-team choices Randon Gray from UT Arlington (men’s pole vault) and Valentin Soca from CBU (men’s 10,000-meter run).

WAC Outdoor Track & Field Athletes Qualified For 2024 NCAA DI Championships
June 5-8
Hayward Field | Eugene, Oregon

WAC Results

Wednesday, June 5-Thursday, June 6 | Men's Decathlon Final
#5. Lucas Van Klaveren, UT Arlington – 7,927 points (First-Team All-America)
#22. Casey Tow, Grand Canyon – 7,182 points

Wednesday, June 5 at 2 p.m. PT | Men's Hammer Throw Final
#4. Israel Oloyede, Grand Canyon – 75.29m/247-0 (First-Team All-America)

Wednesday, June 5 at 5 p.m. PT | Men's Pole Vault Final
#14. Randon Gray, UT Arlington – 5.37m/17-7.25 (Second-Team All-America)
DNF. Jack Hodge, Grand Canyon – NH

Wednesday, June 5 at 5:02 p.m. PT | Men's 3000m Steeplechase Prelim
#20. Hayden Harward, Southern Utah – 8:52.35

Wednesday, June 5 at 7:08 p.m. PT | Men's 10,000m Run Final
#16. Valentin Soca, California Baptist – 28:54.67 (Second-Team All-America)

Thursday, June 6 at 6:02 p.m. PT | Women's 3000m Steeplechase Prelim
#6. Greta Karinauskaite, California Baptist – 9:50.11 (Qualified For National Final)

Thursday, June 6 at 7:14 p.m. PT | Women's 800m Run Prelim
#23. Joanna Archer, Grand Canyon – 2:06.58

Saturday, June 8 at 2:54 p.m. PT | Women's 3000m Steeplechase Final
#4. Greta Karinauskaite, California Baptist – 9:35.56 (First-Team All-America)