EVANSVILLE, Ind.—University of Southern Indiana Men’s and Women’s Cross Country/Track & Field landed three runners on the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District® teams in an announcement Tuesday.
Senior Audrey Comastri and junior Ellie Hall represented the USI Women’s Cross Country/Track & Field team on the list of Academic All-District performers, while senior Brady Terry represented the men’s squad.
To be eligible for Academic All-District, student-athletes must maintain a 3.5 cumulative grade point average and have either finished in the top 50 of their NCAA Division I Cross Country Regional Championship or be ranked in the top 50 in a single event (indoor or outdoor) in their region on the track.
Comastri, who was working on her master’s degree in occupational therapy during the 2024-25 season, earns her first-career Academic All-District honor after a career year to close out her time at USI. She earned first-team All-OVC honors on the cross country course following a team-best fourth-place finish at the league meet last Fall before helping the Screaming Eagles capture gold in the distance medley relay at the OVC Indoor Track & Field Championships in February.
A native of Indianapolis, Comastri ranked 35th in the Great Lakes Region in the outdoor 1,500 meters and was 40th in the outdoor 800 meters. She also was tied for 49th in the region in the indoor mile and helped USI’s DMR to a ranking of 19th.
In the OVC, Comastri ranked first in the outdoor 1,500 meters, second in the 800 meters and seventh in the 5,000 meters. She also was second in the OVC in the mile, third in the 800 meters and 19th in the 3,000 meters during the indoor season.
Comastri earned a pair of podium finishes at the OVC Indoor Championships before scoring for the Eagles in the 800 meters (8th) and 1,500 meters (6th) at the OVC Outdoor Championships. She finished her career at USI as a two-time All-OVC honoree on the grass as well as a four-time podium finisher on the track.
Hall, who is working on her degree in Health Services, ranked 45th in the Great Lakes Region in the indoor 5,000 meters. She earned first-team All-OVC honors following a fifth-place finish at the OVC Cross Country Championships and was USI’s top performer at the Angel Mounds Invitational.
On the track, Hall notched a podium finish of second in the 5,000 meters at the OVC Indoor Championships before earning a podium finish of second in the 10,000 meters at the OVC Outdoor Championships. She also was fifth in the 3,000 meters at the OVC Indoor Championships and fifth in the 5,000 meters at the OVC Outdoor Championships.
The Ferdinand, Indiana, native ranked second in the OVC in the indoor 5,000 meters, fifth in the 3,000 meters and eighth in the mile. Hall also was third in the OVC in the outdoor 5,000 meters, fourth in the 10,000 meters and eighth in the 1,500 meters.
Terry, who was recently named the Old National Bank/USI Male Student Athlete of the Year, concluded his cross country career by earning OVC Runner of the Year and OVC Runner of the Championship honors in addition to first-team All-OVC. The finance major was first at the OVC Cross Country Championships and was named OVC Runner of the Week three times last Fall.
A native of Philpot, Kentucky, Terry won the UT Martin OVC Preview and was second at the Angel Mounds Invitational before leading the Eagles to their first-ever OVC cross country title.
Terry carried that momentum over to the track, where he ranked 48th in the Great Lakes Region in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. He wrapped up his outdoor career with a podium finish of second in the 1,500 meters at the OVC Outdoor Championships.
With their Academic All-District honors, Comastri, Hall and Terry move onto the national ballot for Academic All-America consideration.
