The Illinois women's team placed fifth at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with 29.5 points on Saturday at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., This is the program's highest finish in 29 years since the 1996 squad placed fourth. Senior Rose Yeboah finished as the national runner-up in the high jump leaping a season-best 1.93m (6-4). She's the first Illini high jumper to earn All-America honors in consecutive seasons since Stacy Ann Grant achieved this feat in 1996, 1997 and 1998. This is now the school's fifth high jump All-America honor.
Originally from Ghana, Yeboah is majoring in communication and will begin graduate school at Illinois in the fall.
