Owens earns first-team All-American honors, Barnett makes second team

Courtesy UVA Media Relations

Virginia’s men’s and women’s track and field teams concluded competition at the NCAA Indoor Championships as Owayne Owens and Mia Barnett each earned All-American honors in Birmingham, Ala., on Saturday night.

Entering the triple jump as the two-time reigning ACC champion in the event, Owens earned All-American honors with his mark of 16.13m (52’11”) recorded on his sixth and final attempt. The mark earned Owens an eighth-place finish and first team All-American honors for the second time in his indoor career. Owens achieved second team All-American honors in the 2020 season.

After breaking a 40-year-old Virginia record in qualifying (4:33.54), Mia Barnett finished tenth overall in the women’s mile. With a time of 4:42.91, Barnett capped a historic freshman season with second team All-American honors.