MOBILE, Ala. - Spring Hill College juniors Athina Amanor and David Toups were each named to their respective 2019 Google Cloud Academic All-District® Women's and Men's Track & Field/Cross Country First Teams, the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced May 28.

The duo are the only representatives from the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC). Both student-athletes will continue on the Google Cloud Academic All-America® voting.

Amanor, a sprinter from Mobile, Alabama, carried a 4.0 grade point average into the spring semester as a pre-med student, majoring in cell and molecular biology. During her junior season she set the Spring Hill school record in the 100-meter dash (12.25 seconds) with an eighth-place finish at Southern Miss and in the 200-meter dash (25.20) with a runner-up finish at the Montevallo Falcon Classic. She scored 15.25 points at the SIAC Championships this spring and finished in the Top 8 in all 17 of her races during the season, including one first-place finish. In addition to her 100m and 200m times, she set a personal record in the 400-meter (57.76).  

Toups, a distance runner from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, entered the spring semester with a 3.74 grade point average while majoring in biochemistry. Toups doubled his career Top 10 finishes (22) with 11 Top 10 finishes during the 2018-19 season with personal records in the 800m (1:57.58), 1500m (4:05.79), 7K (24:37.1) and 10K (34:29.6). Prior to 2018-19, he set PRs in the 3000m (9:25.64) and 5K (15:11.9). Included in his honors was an All-Conference finish at the SIAC Cross Country Championships this past fall. 

The 2019 Google Cloud Academic All-America® program, selected by CoSIDA, recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom. It separately recognizes outstanding student-athletes in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA.

The Google Cloud Academic All-America® teams (first-, second- and third-team (if applicable) will be announced on June 26 for NCAA Division II.  

For a complete list of 2019 Google Cloud Academic All-District® Men's and Women's Track & Field/Cross Country recipients, click here.