JOHNSON CITY, TN (March 10, 2007) --- The Milligan College women's track and field team earned seven All-American honors and the team finished 16^th at the NAIA Indoor Track & Field National Championships Saturday afternoon inside ETSU's Memorial Center. Josh Ferry (Bloomington, Ind.) also ran to All-American status for the Buffs’ track team.

The day started when sophomore Jacklyn Talbert (Mt. Carmel, Tenn.) ran to All-American status with a fourth place finish in the mile with a time of 5:04.96. Kortney Goulds (Johnson City, Tenn.) also finished fourth in the 1,000 meters to earn All-American status.

In the 5,000 meters Rebecca McDowell led the race early and also finished fourth. Her time was 17.58.57 in the race.

Milligan’s championship ended with the distance medley relay team’s new school record of 12:20.51 for a sixth place finish. Talbert started the race then handed off to Brittany Bales (Kingsport, Tenn.) with the third leg ran by Goulds and anchored by MacKenzie LaBonte (Port Charlotte, Fla.)

Ferry finished sixth, with a time of 1:21.25, in the 600 meters to pick up All-American status.

Wayland Baptist University captured the team title with 51 points and Oklahoma Baptist fell one point short in second place. Black Hills State, Simon Fraser and Cedarville rounded out the top five. Milligan’s 13 points put the Lady Buffs in 16^th place, two points away from a tie for 14^th.