NEW ORLEANS – All-Americans for the 2020 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field season were announced on Tuesday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) where South Dakota Mines Erica Keeble Jayla Jarnagin earned that honor.

Normal policies dictate that All-America honors are awarded based on classifications of performance at the NCAA Championships.

Due to the cancellation of the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships, the Executive Committee adopted the following criteria:

• Based on the posted startlist for the national championships announced by the NCAA, the following will be recognized as All-America for the 2020 indoor track & field season:
  • Individual events: ALL student-athletes listed on the startlist for the anticipated event.
  • Relay events: The four student-athletes per anticipated relay who produced the performance that was declared and accepted into their event.
• There will not be a distinction of "first-team" or "second-team" to these recognitions.

Keeble was a junior pole vaulter from Nashville, Tennessee, who won the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Indoor women's pole vault after clearing a height of 13-feet-7.25-inches. That height broke the meet and facility records (held at UCCS) as well as set a new personal best and SD Mines school record. The Computer Sciences major has the top mark in the South Central Region and is sitting third in the country as the NCAA National Indoor Championships approach (March 13-14).
Jarnagin was a senior weight thrower from Eaton Colorado, who finished second at the RMAC Indoor Championships after a toss of 57-7. The Chemical Engineering major's top mark this season is 60-9.25, which broke her own school record and ranks her second in the South Central Region. That mark is also gives her the No. 18 spot in the nation.

"Erica and Jayla had fantastic seasons and their All-American status is well deserved," said Hardrocker track and field head coach Steve Johnson. "We're very proud of what they accomplished this year and it's great to see them recognized nationally for their hard work.

A total of 716 honors were handed out to 117 different institutions on Tuesday.