MIAMI (June 13, 2018) – FIU track and field standout Clarissa Cutliff (Orlando, Florida/Edgewater) ended her 2018 season by earning her second All-America honor of the year, and the fourth-straight of her collegiate career, when she was named Honorable Mention All-America by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross-Country Coaches Association. Cutliff earned the honor following her appearance in the NCAA Championships, on June 9, in Eugene, Oregon.
 
For the second-straight year, Cutliff was the Panthers' last student-athlete standing as the three-time defending Conference USA champion, and school-record-holder in the event, headed to the Pacific Northwest to take part in the championships at the University of Oregon's historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, on June 9.
 
Cutliff, who earned Second Team All-America honors at last year's outdoor championship, was one of 11 competitors to clear 1.80m at the NCAA East Region Prelims in Tampa, on May 24, and that was good enough to be one of the top 12 finishers to punch their ticket to the NCAA Championships. It marks her second appearance at the championships. She won the 2018 C-USA title with a mark of 1.84m, just shy of her own school record of 1.85m set at the University of Miami Hurricane Collegiate Invitational on April 14. Cutliff has been dominant in the event this season, having finished on the top of the podium in all five meets she has competed in through the C-USA Championships.
 
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