NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale women's track and field team has earned All-Academic Team recognition from the USTFCCCA for 2024-25, and a pair of Bulldogs – sophomore sisters Gloria Guerrier (West Hempstead, N.Y.) and Victoria Guerrier (West Hempstead, N.Y.) — have earned All-Academic Athlete honors. The USTFCCCA announced the awards Monday. 

In order for a team to be named to the All-Academic list, it must maintain a grade point average above 3.00 for the season. The Bulldogs finished with a GPA of 3.68.

For an athlete to receive individual honors, for the indoor season they must either have finished ranked in the top 96 in any championship individual event, or in the top 48 in any championship relay event; for the outdoor season they must have competed in any round of the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships or, for the multi-events they must have finished the season ranked in the top 48 in the East or top 48 in the West. They must also have completed at least two semesters or three quarters while maintaining at least a 3.25 GPA.

The Guerriers are graduates of West Hempstead Secondary School, where they were valedictorian and salutatorian.
 
Gloria Guerrier
Gloria Guerrier competed in the 400 meter hurdles at the NCAA East First Round May 29 to conclude her season. She finished fifth in her heat with a time of 59.11 – just shy of her personal best of 59.02 – earning 35th overall. At the Ivy League Heptagonal Outdoor Track and Field Championships, she was part of a second-place finish in the 4x400m relay that earned second team All-Ivy League honors. Individually, she finished third in the 400m hurdles. Earlier in the outdoor season, she was a member of the 4x400m relay team at Penn Relays that broke Yale's school record (3:40.36). Indoors, she represented the Bulldogs at the Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor Track and Field Championships with third-place finishes in the 500m and the 4x400m relay.

Victoria Guerrier
This is the second year in a row Victoria Guerrier has earned this award. It is one of several honors she received this season, including Yale's James Stack '61 Award (MVP) and Outstanding Middle-Distance Award. She competed in the 800m at the NCAA East First Round May 29, placing sixth in her heat with a time of 2:06.37 (31st overall). She finished second in both the 800m and the 4x400m relay at the Ivy League Heptagonal Outdoor Track and Field Championships, garnering second team All-Ivy honors in each. Earlier, she set an outdoor 800m Yale record at her first race of the season, running 2:03.07 at the UCF Black & Gold Challenge. At the Penn Relays, she was a member of the Yale record-breaking 4x800m (8:35.53) and 4x400m relay teams.