TicketsEUGENE, Ore. — University of Cincinnati's Juliette Laracuente-Huebner and Macaria Moore-Bastide both earned All-America honors on the final day of the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Saturday at Hayward Field.
Laracuente-Huebner capped a standout two-day performance in the heptathlon, totaling 6,084 points to finish runner-up and claim First Team All-America honors.
The Marengo, Ohio, native, now a five-time All-American and the reigning Big 12 indoor pentathlon and outdoor heptathlon champion, carried fourth-place positioning into Saturday's final three events and surged up the leaderboard. She opened the day with a personal-best long jump of 6.42 meters, good for second place and 981 points. She added 581 points with a 15th-place throw of 35.50 meters in the javelin, then closed out her heptathlon with a season-best 2:14.05 in the 800 meters, finishing seventh for 906 points.
Moore-Bastide earned Second Team All-America honors in the high jump, clearing 1.79 meters to place 13th in the event.
The pair's performances helped close out a strong championship meet for the Bearcats at Hayward Field.
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