Attiogbe Places Seventh at NCAA Championships, Secures First-Team All-America Status

EUGENE, Ore. — Junior distance standout Pierre Attiogbe capped a remarkable outdoor season on Friday evening at historic Hayward Field, earning First-Team All-America honors with a seventh-place finish in the men’s 5,000-meter run at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Competing under sunny skies on one of track and field’s biggest stages, Attiogbe crossed the finish line in 13:47.43 to secure a top-eight finish and become Cornell’s first First-Team All-American in men’s outdoor track and field since Grant Whitney accomplished the feat in 1986. The honor adds another chapter to Attiogbe’s breakthrough season. Earlier this spring, the…