Lobo tracksters academic stars

UNM track athletes Alice Wright, Sophie Connor and Sam Trigg were named Friday to the 2017 College Sports Information Directors of America Academic All-America Track & Field/ Cross Country First Team.

Wright and Connor both earned their second straight Academic All-America recognition, while Trigg collected his first such honor.

The trio are the sixth, seventh and eighth CoSIDA Academic All-America selections for New Mexico Athletics in the 2016-17 academic year and continues a 16-year streak of multiple Academic All-America selections for UNM as a whole.