ATHENS, W.Va. -Â Throughout the summer months and weeks, the Concord University Sports Information Department will be announcing all-decade teams for each program.
On Wednesday, the all-decade team for sprinters and throwers for the women's track and field was released. Now on Thursday, the distance runners and jumpers will be unveiled.
The all-decade team is made up of the top three athletes in each event based on performance with each athlete only being eligible for up to three events. Additionally, only outdoor track and field times/distances/heights were considered for the all-decade team.
800-meter run
Shawnee Carnett (Sugar Grove, Va., 2009-14)
A two-time national champion in the 800-meters leads off the all-decade team. Carnett won the 2011 National Championship at the Division II Outdoor Championships, and won the 2014 National Championship at the Division II Indoor Championships. She has the school record in the event at 2:06.19.
Jada Strachan (Freeport, Bahamas, 2018-Current)
Strachan clocked a time of 2:20.53 during her freshman season of 2019, good enough for a runner-up finish at the Mountain East Conference Championships and an All-MEC Second Team selection in the event.
Danielle Pye (Lancaster, England, 2006-10)
Pye actually had the fourth-fastest 800-meters time during the decade, but Rachel Williams will be featured in other events. Pye's best time in the event came in 2010 when she clocked 2:22.30.
1,500-meter run
Carnett's accomplishments in the 1,500-meters aren't nearly as impressive as the 800-meters, but her achievements in the event is still very good. Carnett ran 4:30.55, a school record, which translates to 4:52 for a full mile.
Pye clocked a time of 4:52.62 during her senior campaign to land on the all-decade team in a second event.
Aidan Payton (Mt. Lookout, W.Va., 2016-Current)
Both Williams and Chelsea Callaway have faster times than Payton in the 1,500-meters, but will be featured in other events. Payton's time of 4:58.87 was clocked during her sophomore season at West Virginia Wesleyan.
3,000-meter run
Chelsea Callaway (Beaver, W.Va., 2009-13)
Callaway set the school record in the 3,000-meters during her sophomore season as she clocked 10:32.16 at Richmond.
Rachel Williams (Ona, W.Va., 2009-13)
Williams wasn't too far off the pace set by Callaway as she ran 10:46.38 in 2012 at the Coastal Carolina Invite.
Bailey Knowles (Christiansburg, Va., 2015-19)
Knowles went under 11 minutes as she posted a time of 10:55.28 at Richmond during her freshman season of 2016.
3,000-meter steeplechase
Callaway set the school record in the steeplechase during her sophomore season as she ran 11:29.57 and finished second to earn All-West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC). In all, she was a two-time All-WVIAC selection in the event.
Vivian Ruiz (Charles Town, W.Va., 2012-16)
Ruiz's fastest steeplechase came during her senior season when she recorded a time of 11:47.99. The Charles Town, West Virginia native capped her career with an All-MEC Honorable Mention performance shortly after her personal-best time.
Carly Stout (Lewisburg, W.Va., 2006-10)
Stout gets on the all-decade team with a time of 11:51.94 during her senior season of 2010. The performance came at the WVIAC Championships as she was voted All-WVIAC Second Team in the event.
5,000-meter run
Callaway makes her final appearance on the all-decade team with a program-record time of 18:21.80 at the 2012 Duke Invite.
Williams went under 18:30 in the 5,000-meters as she clocked a time of 18:29.98 in the same race at Duke in 2012.
Stout claims the final spot in the 5,000-meters with her showing of 18:49.86 at Wake Forest in 2010.
10,000-meter run
Tabatha Whited (Grundy, Va., 2008-13)
Whited set the school record in the 10,000-meters at Duke in 2013 with a time of 39:23.45.
Earlier in the 2013 season, Williams held the program record in the 10,000-meters with a showing of 39:23.53 at Coastal Carolina.
Karleigh Thompson (Clifton Forge, Va., 2015-19)
Though Thompson just missed going under 40 minutes in the 10,000-meters with a time of 40:01.78, her performance was good enough for second at the MEC Championships in 2018 to earn All-MEC Second Team.
High Jump
Ashleigh Taylor (Summersville, W.Va., 2012-16)
Taylor capped her sophomore season by clearing 1.58 meters at the MEC Championships. She just missed the school record, held by fellow Summersville, West Virginia native Bethany Gatewood in 2005—Gatewood cleared 1.63 meters.
Linda Ault (Amelia, Ohio, 2015-20)
After making an appearance on Wednesday, Ault makes her first of two appearances on Thursday by clearing 1.40 meters in 2018 at West Virginia Wesleyan.
Meagan Savioli (Strafford, N.H., 2009-12)
Savioli cleared 1.37 meters in the high jump during the 2010 season at Glenville State.
Long Jump
Brittany Pratt (Charleston, W.Va., 2008-12)
Pratt's best non-wind aided jump was 5.23 meters at the 2011 WVIAC Championship. Pratt ended being up a two-time all-conference champion in the long jump as she was the conference champion in 2010 and was runner-up the following season.
Casey Ord (Palmerton, Pa., 2011-13)
Ord hit the five-meter mark in the long jump with a jump of 5.03 meters at the WVIAC Championship in 2012.
In the 2013 WVIAC Multis Championship, Taylor hit a mark of 4.31 meters in the long jump to land on the all-decade team.
Triple Jump
Ord is the only qualifier in the triple jump for the decade as she recorded a jump of 10.37 meters at the 2012 WVIAC Championships, good enough for a third-place finish and an All-WVIAC Honorable Mention selection.
Pole Vault
Like the triple jump, the pole vault has only one qualifier in Pratt. The Charleston, West Virginia native cleared 2.90 meters at Wake Forest in 2011.
Heptathlon
Pratt's best heptathlon score came in 2011 at the WVIAC Championship as she registered 3,904 points, good enough for fourth.
Kaitlen Hubbard (Honaker, Va., 2015-18)
Hubbard checks in with 3,438 points as her best heptathlon score that came in a championship effort at the 2018 MEC Championships where she finished fifth.
Ault cracked 3,000 points with 3,006 points at High Points in 2018.
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