WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. –Clara Mayfield (Jr./Manhattan, Kan./Manhattan) and Katherine Geist (So./Crookston, Minn./Crookston) both claimed All-American status as the Carleton College women's track & field duo placed fourth and sixth, respectively, in the finals of the mile run at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships on Saturday. Two hours after competing in that event, Mayfield was back on the track for the 3000-meter run and finished 14th of 20 runners.
 
In the mile, Mayfield crossed the line at 4:52.92, just off her school-record time established two weeks ago at the conference championships. Geist finished in 4:56.78 to set a new personal best. Ella Baran of Johns Hopkins won the event with a time of 4:47.97.
 
These results mark the 22nd and 23rd indoor All-America performances in team history and are the program's top two mile finishes at the indoor national meet. Meg Mathison had the Knights' only other All-America result for the indoor mile, and she finished eighth in 2018.
 
This is the first All-America Award in Geist's collegiate career and the fourth for Mayfield, who previously won a pair of honors in cross country (30th place in 2019 and 10th place in 2021). Mayfield was also an All-American for the indoor 5K in 2020 but did not get to compete at the national indoor championships that year as the COVID-19 pandemic began canceling NCAA events that week.
 
Mayfield was 1 of only 3 runners who raced the finals of the mile and 3K at this year's national indoor meet. In the longer race, she posted a time of 10:01.32. Kassie Parker of Loras College, who did not race another event on Saturday, won the race with a time of 9:43.81.
 
Carleton Women's Indoor Track & Field All-Americans
1985   --   Melissa Hamilton (55m)
1988   --   Lisa Kelly (1st - HJ)
1988   --   Anna Prineas (1st - 3,000m)
1989   --   Anna Prineas (2nd - 3,000m)
1991   --   Aminah Ricks (5th - 55m)
1994   --   Aminah Ricks (55m)
1996   --   Kate Ainsworth (3rd - 800m)
1997   --   Busola Akinwale (5th - LJ)
1998   --   Busola Akinwale (4th - LJ)
2009   --   Simone Childs-Walker (3rd - 5,000m)
2010   --   Simone Childs-Walker (3rd - 5,000m)
2011   --   Simone Childs-Walker (3rd - 5,000m)
2012   --   Simone Childs-Walker (7th - 5,000m)
2014   --   Kao Sutton (4th - Shot Put)
2014   --   Amelia Campbell (1st - Pentathlon)
2015   --   Colette Celichowski, Emma Grisanzio, Ellie Wilson, Ruth Steinke (6th - Distance medley)
2016   --   Ruth Steinke (5th - 3000m)
2016   --   Ruth Steinke (2nd - 5000m)
2017   --   Alexa Feeney (5th - 400m)
2018   --   Meg Mathison (8th - Mile)
2019   --   Clara Mayfield (5000m – race canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic)
2022   --   Clara Mayfield (4th – Mile)
2022   --   Katherine Geist (6th – Mile)