March 11, 2011
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The University of Notre Dame men’s distance medley relay earned All-American honors on Friday at the NCAA Indoor National Championships at the Gilliam Indoor Track Stadium in College Station, Texas. The foursome of junior Johnathan Shawel (Placentia, Calif./Troy), freshman Patrick Feeney (Indianapolis, Ind./New Palestine), graduate student Jack Howard (Libertyville, Ill./Libertyville) and sophomore Jeremy Rae (Fort Erie, Ontario/Lakeshore Catholic) finished fourth.
Shawel led the relay with a 1,200 meter split of 2:58.82. Feeney then ran the 400-meter portion in 47.74, followed by 2010 All-American, Howard who ran the 800 in 1:47.79. Rae anchored the relay and finished in 3:55.82. The squad’s 9:30.16 bested their previous time of 9:31.99 set at the Alex Wilson Invitational to qualify for the NCAAs.
With the distance medley relay’s All-American recognition, Notre Dame extended its streak to 21 consecutive seasons with at least one men’s track All-American.
Brigham Young finished first in 9:29.28, followed by Indiana in second place (9:29.65) and Minnesota in third place in 9:29.70.
The men’s and women’s track and field teams begin the outdoor season March 24 at the Alabama Relays Multi-Event and the Arizona State Invitational and Stanford Invitational on March 25.
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