Chang, Peacock Earn Academic Recognition
7/5/2006 12:00:00 AM | Track & Field
July 5, 2006
NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Two Stephen F. Austin track and field athletes were named to the 2006 US Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association NCAA Division I All-Academic Team, the organization announced Wednesday. Senior Crystal Chang and junior Ryder Peacock both earned recognition on the list of athletes from across the nation.
Chang earned the national all-academic honor less than a month after being named to the Academic All-Southland Conference team for the third time in her career. She is a chemistry major with a cumulative grade-point average of 3.47. A six-time career All-SLC selection, Chang was named to the all-conference teams for both the indoor and outdoor seasons this year. The Decatur, Texas, native finished second in the pentathlon at the conference indoor championships and went on to a 12th-place finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships. She set the school pentathlon record three times during the indoor season, the last time coming at the Intermountain Championships, when she scored 3,963 points to qualify for the NCAA Championships. Chang continued her success during the outdoor season. She posted an NCAA qualifying mark of 5,266 points in her seventh-place finish at the Texas Relays, then won the Southland Conference championship in the heptathlon with a score of 5,255 points.
Peacock was also named to the Academic All-SLC team in June. He carries a 3.67 GPA in his kinesiology major. Peacock posted a solid campaign in his first full season as a Lumberjack. He sat out the 2005 season after transferring from McMurray. The Woodson, Texas, product had an immediate impact on the conference in his debut campaign, earning all-conference honors in both the indoor and outdoor seasons. Peacock won the high jump championship at the conference outdoor meet with a height of 6-08.75. His height of 6-06.75 was good enough for second place at the indoor championships.
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