TicketsEUGENE, Ore. — University of Cincinnati track and field freshman Juliette Laracuente-Huebner completed the first four events of the women's heptathlon on Friday, day three of the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
Making her NCAA Outdoor Championship debut, the indoor All-American Laracuente-Huebner scored 3,357 points in four events as she sits in 18 place at the end of day one of the women's heptathlon competition.
As the only freshman entered in the heptathlon, Laracuente-Huebner made her presence known as she began the competition by running a 13.87 in the 100m hurdles. She placed 11th in the event and scored 997 points.
The Marengo, Ohio native made quick work of the next two events as she cleared a bar height of 1.72m / 5' 7.75" in the high jump (11th) and scored 879 points.
Laracuente-Huebner then headed over to the shot put where she recorded a personal best mark of 10.35m / 33' 11.5" and scored 552 points.
The freshman closed out day one of the heptathlon competition by clocking a time of 24.54 in the 200m. She placed seventh in the event and added 929 points to her day one total.
Making history has been nothing new for the freshman she is now third Bearcat woman in program history to compete in the heptathlon at the NCAA Outdoor Championships and the first since Jasmine Cotten did in 2012.
Laracuente-Huebner also has a chance to join Ashley Wilhelm as the only Bearcats ever to earn All-America honors in the event. Wilhelm earned second-team honors in 2007.
She is also on pace to become the first woman in program history to earn All-American honors in both the indoor pentathlon and outdoor heptathlon in the same season. Earlier this year, she earned Second Team All-America honors in the indoor pentathlon.
On Thursday, juniors Dominique Hall (decathlon) and Abby Knouff (pole vault) earned All-America honors.
Hall placed 15th overall in the men's decathlon with a score of 7,464 points to earn Second Team All-America honors. He is the first Bearcat to earn All-American status in the decathlon since current associate head coach Chris Wineberg did in 2004.
Knouff finished 15th overall in the women's pole vault as she tied her outdoor personal best clearing a bar height of 4.30m / 14' 1.25". She earned Second Team All-America honors and became the first Bearcat woman to earn outdoor All-American status in the pole vault in school history.
If Laracuente-Huebner earns All-America honors on Saturday, it will be the first time since 2017 that Cincinnati earned at least three All-American honors at the outdoor championship.
Cincinnati has now collected 77 All-America honors since 1964, 42 of which have occurred at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
// Up Next
Freshman start and indoor All-American Juliette Laracuente-Huebner will close out women's heptathlon on final day of the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Day two of the heptathlon will begin tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. ET with the long jump, followed by the javelin and 800m.
Making her NCAA Outdoor Championship debut, the indoor All-American Laracuente-Huebner scored 3,357 points in four events as she sits in 18 place at the end of day one of the women's heptathlon competition.
As the only freshman entered in the heptathlon, Laracuente-Huebner made her presence known as she began the competition by running a 13.87 in the 100m hurdles. She placed 11th in the event and scored 997 points.
The Marengo, Ohio native made quick work of the next two events as she cleared a bar height of 1.72m / 5' 7.75" in the high jump (11th) and scored 879 points.
Laracuente-Huebner then headed over to the shot put where she recorded a personal best mark of 10.35m / 33' 11.5" and scored 552 points.
The freshman closed out day one of the heptathlon competition by clocking a time of 24.54 in the 200m. She placed seventh in the event and added 929 points to her day one total.
Making history has been nothing new for the freshman she is now third Bearcat woman in program history to compete in the heptathlon at the NCAA Outdoor Championships and the first since Jasmine Cotten did in 2012.
Laracuente-Huebner also has a chance to join Ashley Wilhelm as the only Bearcats ever to earn All-America honors in the event. Wilhelm earned second-team honors in 2007.
She is also on pace to become the first woman in program history to earn All-American honors in both the indoor pentathlon and outdoor heptathlon in the same season. Earlier this year, she earned Second Team All-America honors in the indoor pentathlon.
On Thursday, juniors Dominique Hall (decathlon) and Abby Knouff (pole vault) earned All-America honors.
Hall placed 15th overall in the men's decathlon with a score of 7,464 points to earn Second Team All-America honors. He is the first Bearcat to earn All-American status in the decathlon since current associate head coach Chris Wineberg did in 2004.
Knouff finished 15th overall in the women's pole vault as she tied her outdoor personal best clearing a bar height of 4.30m / 14' 1.25". She earned Second Team All-America honors and became the first Bearcat woman to earn outdoor All-American status in the pole vault in school history.
If Laracuente-Huebner earns All-America honors on Saturday, it will be the first time since 2017 that Cincinnati earned at least three All-American honors at the outdoor championship.
Cincinnati has now collected 77 All-America honors since 1964, 42 of which have occurred at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
// Up Next
Freshman start and indoor All-American Juliette Laracuente-Huebner will close out women's heptathlon on final day of the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Day two of the heptathlon will begin tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. ET with the long jump, followed by the javelin and 800m.