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Garrett Clark Makes History, Repeating as a CoSIDA First Team Academic All-America® Selection

| By: Joe Ginley '16, SID
Clark is the first men’s runner in school history to be a two-time honoree.
UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS – Garrett Clark is one of a kind.

As a sprinter, Clark is undoubtedly one of the best speedsters in recent memory. And now, he can count himself amongst the premier students in program history.

Garrett Clark has been heralded as a 2021-22 CoSIDA First Team Academic All-America® selection.

Clark makes his second straight first team appearance on the CoSIDA Men's Track & Field / Cross Country Academic All-America® squad. In doing so, Clark becomes a historic figure, as he's the first men's runner in school history to be a two-time honoree. And overall, it's only the third CoSIDA Academic All-American pick in program history.

Clark catapulted his way into the record books as a senior. The Aurora native shattered a bevy of school records this year. The crowning achievement was one of his first of this calendar year. Clark, Ian Pierson, Caleb Correia, and Alex Phillip combined for an NCAA Division III record in the Distance Medley Relay, with a remarkable time of 9:41.56. 

The Accounting major's success continued throughout indoor season. Clark shattered the 60m mark with a time of 6.89 and busted down the 200m record with a time of 21.66. In 2020, Clark also clocked the 400m record at 49.18.

During outdoor season, his excellent journey kept on rolling. Clark captured the 200m record with a time of 20.96 and worked with Mick Doyle, Mark Zahren, and Jimmy Kartsonas to do the trick in the 4x100 relay with a time of 40.46. At the Ohio Athletic Conference Championships, Clark won the Harrison Dillard Outstanding Sprint Athlete Award after a show-stopping two-day meet.

At the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships, Clark capped off a marvelous senior season. The Walsh Jesuit alumnus secured All-American finishes in both the 200m and the 4x100 relay. It was quite the showing for Clark with the two fifth-place finishes. 

After graduating in May with his Accounting degree with a 3.87 GPA, Clark plans to stick around to pursue his graduate degree while running for the Blue Streaks. 

With the 2021-22 CoSIDA Academic All-America® sport selections complete, the Blue Streaks finish with five Academic All-Americans. John Carroll ties last year's record of five in a single academic year. This also marks the first time the Blue Streaks can claim three First Team Academic All-Americans in one season. 

The Blue Streaks' success with Academic All-Americans is evidence of a program on the rise nationally. John Carroll has now claimed 10 Academic All-Americans in the past two years, just one less than the Blue Streaks tallied during the 2010s.

John Carroll's All-Time CoSIDA Academic All-Americans:
 
Year Student-Athlete Academic All-America Team Level Position/Sport (if At-Large)
1982 Nick D'Angelo Football 2nd LB
1983 Nick D'Angelo Football - LB
Jim Sferra Football - DL
Nick D'Angelo Men's At-Large 2nd Wrestling
1984 Jim Catalano Baseball 3rd C
Nick D'Angelo Men's At-Large 2nd Wrestling
1985 Joe Burrello Football 1st LB
1986 Jim Catalano Baseball 1st 1B
Mike Mueller Baseball HM OF
Joe Burrello Football 1st LB
1987 Michael McGarry Football 2nd OG
Diane Arango Softball 1st 1B
1988 Chris Weber Baseball 2nd 3B
Thomas Curtis Football 2nd RB
Beth Weber Women's At-Large 1st Swimming
1989 Chris Weber Baseball 3rd 3B
Lisa Billhardt Women's At-Large 2nd Swimming
1992 Karen D'Angelo Women's Volleyball 3rd -
1994 Danielle Sluga Women's At-Large 2nd Track & Field
1995 Aaron Sheets Men's At-Large 3rd Wrestling
Danielle Sluga Women's At-Large 1st Track & Field
1997 Matt Olver Men's At-Large 3rd Swimming
1998 Jim Wideikis Baseball 1st -
Grant Mast Men's At-Large 2nd Soccer
Nate Samblanet Men's At-Large 1st Wrestling
Carrie McVicker Softball 2nd
1999 Charles Aquino Men's At-Large 2nd Diving
Mark Heidorf Men's Basketball 1st F
2000 Carrie Scherger Women's At-Large 2nd Swimming
2001 Mike Markovic Men's At-Large 2nd Wrestling
Chris Heslep Men's Soccer 3rd F
Bridget Hough Softball 3rd IF
Carrie Scherger Women's At-Large 3rd Swimming
2002 Mike Markovic Men's At-Large 1st Wrestling
2003 Santino Fanelli Football 2nd DB
Beth Grzybowski Women's Track/Cross Country 2nd -
2004 Ryan Ficco Men's At-Large 1st Wrestling
Luke Reineke Men's At-Large 3rd Swimming
2005 Rafael Garabis Baseball 3rd IF
Doug Phillips Football 2nd QB
Ellie Fernandez Women's Track/Cross Country 3rd -
2006 Matt Lemke Football 2nd DL
Ellie Fernandez Women's Track/Cross Country 1st -
2007 Paul Schroder Men's At-Large 3rd Golf
2008 Paul Schroder Men's At-Large 1st Golf
2009 James Steward Men's At-Large 1st Tennis
2012 Brittany Danilov Softball 3rd P
2013 Brody Zangaro Football 2nd DB
Brian Potocnik Men's Soccer 2nd M
Mackenzie Griffin * Softball 1st C
2014 Brody Zangaro Football 2nd DB
Brian Potocnik * Men's Soccer 1st M
2017 Jad Abdul-Aal Men's At-Large 3rd Tennis
2018 Jad Abdul-Aal Men's At-Large 3rd Tennis
Lauren O'Malley Women's At-Large 1st Tennis
2019 Lauren O'Malley Women's At-Large 1st Tennis
Nick Colby Men's Track & Field 1st -
2019-20 None
2020-21 Nicole Heffington Women's Basketball 2nd F
Gwyn Ledrick Women's At-Large 1st Women's Swimming & Diving
Forrest Campbell Men's At-Large 2nd Men's Swimming & Diving
Garrett Clark Men's Track & Field 1st -
Olivia Hurtt Women's Track & Field 3rd -
2021-22 Bricker Thiel Football 2nd DL
Nicole Heffington Women's Basketball 1st F/G
Olivia Nagy Women's Basketball 2nd C
Olivia Hurtt Women's Track & Field 1st -
Garrett Clark Men's Track & Field 1st -
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