Meyrer, Dodd Named CoSIDA Academic All-District
5/26/2022 1:41:00 PM | Men's Track & Field, Academic Success Program
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- University of Michigan distance runners Devin Meyrer and Tom Dodd were voted to the College Sports Information Directors of America Academic All-District 5 team for men's track and field/cross country, the organization announced Thursday (May 26).
Meyrer and Dodd now become eligible for inclusion on the CoSIDA Academic All-America team for track and field/cross country. Each of the Academic All-District honorees are entered onto the ballot for first-, second- and third-team awards to be announced on June 22.
Meyrer earned Academic All-District and Academic All-America honors in the 2020-21 academic year. This is the first honor for both Dodd.
A graduate student from Wildwood, Mo., who graduated this spring with a master's of social work on the Interpersonal Practice in Integrated Health, Mental Health and Substance Abuse pathway, Meyrer is a three-time All-American between cross country and track and a multiple-time Big Ten Championships scorer.
During the 2021-22 academic year, Meyrer was one of the Wolverines' top runners on the cross country team and a steady presence on the track. He earned All-Big Ten and All-Region honors and competed for Michigan at the NCAA Championships. He narrowly missed scoring for the Wolverines at the Big Ten Indoor and Outdoor Championships in deep distance races.
In previous years, Meyrer twice earned All-America honors in cross country and garnered second-team All-America honors for the indoor 5,000 meters -- an event in which he also owns the school record at 13:40.66.
A graduate student from Birmingham, England, who graduated this spring with a master's degree in movement science, Dodd is a two-time All-American and three-time NCAA Championships competitor in the mid-distance events.
Dodd broke four minutes in the mile three different times in 2021 en route to earning first-team All-America honors, and went on to qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Championships at 1,500 meters. After earning All-Big Ten honors in cross country in the fall of 2021, he earned first-team All-America honors in his only 2022 indoor appearance as a member of the distance medley relay.
This spring, he finished fourth in the Big Ten 1,500 meters and is, as of publication, pursuing a berth to the NCAA Outdoor Championships at 1,500 meters.
• CoSIDA Release
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