USTFCCCA RELEASE

NEW ORLEANS -- Cal Poly Pomona sophomore Ayana Fields captured 2020 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field All-America honors in both the 200 Meter and 400 Meter events, it was announced by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) on Tuesday.

Normal policies dictate that All-America honors are awarded based on classifications of performance at the NCAA Championships. Due to the cancellation of the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships, the Executive Committee adopted the following criteria:

• Based on the posted start list for the national championships announced by the NCAA, the following will be recognized as All-America for the 2020 indoor track & field season:
  • Individual events: ALL student-athletes listed on the start list for the anticipated event.
  • Relay events: The four student-athletes per anticipated relay who produced the performance that was declared and accepted into their event.
• There will not be a distinction of "first-team" or "second-team" to these recognitions.

In CPP's inaugural season in indoor track and field, Fields was the lone Bronco qualifier to Nationals in two events. During the 2020 winter campaign, the Los Angeles native sported the 14th-fastest time in Division II in the 200 Meters, running a 24.29, and also had the 25th-fastest time in the 400 Meters, clocking a 55.98, both at the GVSU Big Meets on Feb. 14-15.

Fields had traveled to Birmingham, Alabama for the NCAA Indoor Championships on Mar. 13-14 before it was canceled on Mar. 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.