Carpenter Named To All-Academic Team
8/28/2002 12:00:00 AM | Track and Field
Aug. 28, 2002
The U.S. Track Coaches Association named Air Force's Brian Carpenter to their 2002 All-Academic team. Carpenter, who graduated this past May, finished with a 3.12 overall grade point average as a computer science major. In his final semester he had a 3.54 GPA.
Carpenter holds the school outdoor record in the 1,500-meters and finished third in the event during the Mountain West Conference championship this past May. He also posted the second fastest time of the season in the 800-meters and the third fastest time of the season in the 3,000-meters.
During the indoor season he won the mile at the MWC indoor championships, and went undefeated in the event throughout the season. His mile time of 4:17.79 is the third best in school history. He also anchored the winning distance medley relay team to a come-from-behind victory during the conference championships.
The USTCA also tabbed the women's team as just one of thirty NCAA Division I teams which met the their guidelines for all-academic team honors. The women achieved a cumulative GPA of 3.05 for the Spring '02 semester."
