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Friday 3:30 p.m. - O'Connor
Saturday 2:05 p.m. - Berry

ALLENDALE, Mich. - East Stroudsburg University senior Christina O'Connor earned her fourth career All-America honor in the high jump with a sixth-place finish at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Friday at Grand Valley State.

O'Connor, who tied a career outdoor best with a mark of 5-8, becomes the third ESU women's track and field athlete to earn four All-America honors, joining fellow high jumpers Lynn Mayer (6) and her coach, Karen (Way) Gaita (4).

O'Connor made her fifth career trip to the NCAA Championships and repeats her All-America status and sixth-place finish during the indoor season.

She was tied for sixth on the entry list at 5-8, which she cleared at ESU's All-American Meet on April 18.

O'Connor cleared 5-3 on her first attempt, 5-5 on her second and 5-7 on her third to guarantee a top-10 finish. She cleared 5-8 on her second attempt at that height to earn a spot in the top eight and first team All-America status.

She won five career PSAC championships, including the last four as a junior and senior. She claimed her fifth PSAC title at 5-7 1/4 at Eiler-Martin Stadium on May 1.

O'Connor qualified for the NCAA DII Championships in five of her final six seasons of competition - placing sixth indoors (5-8) in 2013, ninth indoors (5-7) and fifth outdoors (5-8) in 2014 and sixth indoors (5-8) this season.

She cleared 5-8 three times in her career - the 2014 NCAA Outdoor Championships, the 2015 ESU All-American Meet, and on Friday.

During the indoor season, she tied the PSAC record at 5-10 to earn the USTFCCCA Atlantic Region Indoor Field Athlete of the Year, PSAC Indoor Field Athlete of the Year and PSAC Indoor Field Athlete of the Meet at the PSAC Championships.

Earlier this month, she was named ESU's Women's Senior Athlete of the Year and Co-Women's Senior Scholar-Athlete of the Year at the Warriors' Athletic Awards Banquet on May 3.

O'Connor is one of six ESU women's high jumpers to compete at the NCAA Championships, and one of five who have earned All-America honors.

Junior William Berry competes in the men's high jump on Saturday at 2:05 p.m. Berry is making his third NCAA appearance and is tied for 17th on the entry list at 6-10 3/4, tied for ESU's school record.

NOTES
* ESU's high jump coach, Karen (Way) Gaita, was a 4-time All-American and the 1991 DII outdoor champion.
* Gaita has earned the last 2 USTFCCCA Indoor Women's Assistant Coach of the Year awards (2014, 2015).
* Shavanna Ross was a 2-time national qualifier and indoor All-American in 2001.
* Leslie Martin was a 2-time national qualifier and indoor All-American in 2007.
* Lynn Mayer was a 6-time All-American, earning certificates both indoors and outdoors in 2008, 2010 and 2011.
* Janelle Smith was a 4-time national qualifier from 2008-10.