March 10, 2007

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -

Junior Michael Bingham and senior Michelle Sikes earned All-America honors on the second and final day of the NCAA Indoor Championships from the University of Arkansas on Saturday evening.

Sikes followed her third-place result in the 5,000-meter run on Friday with her fourth place finish in the 3,000m on Saturday.  Her time of 9:13.33 was a new personal best and broke her own school record in the event.  The finish was the Lakewood, Ohio, native's third All-America honor this academic year, having previously won the award during the cross country season in addition to the honor on Friday.

Having qualified for the finals of the 400-meter dash on Friday with a time of 46.54 in the preliminaries, Bingham ran a time of 46.12 to finish fourth in the race on Saturday.  The result broke his own school record in the event and was good for Wake's third All-America honors of the indoor season. 

Saturday wrapped up a very successful indoor season for the Deacons.  Wake will kick off the outdoor season next weekend with the 49er Classic in Charlotte, N.C., on March 16-17.

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