Dayton Flyers

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – Erin Baldinger, Lizzie Gleason and Elissa Mason were tabbed as 2012 Atlantic 10 Academic All-Conference selections for the outdoor track and field season. Dayton three selections wer the most of any A-10 women’s team on this year’s academic all-conference team.

Baldinger, a Waldo, Ohio native, ranks fourth all-time at Dayton in the heptathlon and the pentathlon. Earlier this spring she earned the Coaches Achievement Award and was a 2012 A-10 Indoor Track and Field Academic All-Conference selection. Baldinger finished sixth in the heptathlon and eighth in the javelin at the 2012 A-10 Outdoor Championships. Baldinger has a 3.98 GPA, majoring in dietetics.

Gleason, a Dayton, Ohio native, finished fourth in the steeplechase and 12th in the 1,500 meter run at the A-10 Championships. She holds UD’s steeplechase record and a share of the 4x800 outdoor record at UD. She won the steeplechase in the Weems Baskin Invite in South Carolina this spring. Gleason has a 3.98 GPA and is a Pre-Med major.

Mason, of Greenwood, Ind., rounded out Dayton’s selections on the academic all-conference team. Mason ranks fifth in the 1,500 meters, fourth in the 4,000 meters and third in the 10K on UD’s Outdoor All-Time Performance List.  Mason was named the team’s MVP and she was also a selection on the 2012 Indoor All-Conference Team.  She finished second in the 10K and fourth in the 5K at the A-10 Outdoor Championships. Mason has a 3.51 GPA and was a Pre-Physical Therapy major.