Kate Warwick '12 and Chris Brown '12 have earned their fair share of accomplishments in their four years on the indoor track and field squad. Their performances at last weekend's National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships at Grinnell College may have marked their greatest achievements of all.

Brown earned his first career All-American honor, finishing third in the one-mile run. On the women's side, Warwick finished 12th in the 5,000-meter run. Brown's performance was the end-product of a rigorous indoor season, in which he held the second-fastest one-mile time in Division III for much of the season. This top time resulted in a No. 3 seeding.

Last Friday, he notched the record in the preliminary event, finishing in four minutes, 12 seconds, a Grinnell facility record. In the finals last Saturday, Brown was caught in the middle of the pack for much of the race. In the final quarter-mile, he surged ahead and bolted toward the finish line. However, he placed in third with 4:11.24.

Coach John Evans was very impressed with Brown's finish, citing his notable improvement.

"I'm really proud of [Brown's] performance," said Evans. "He took a big step this season by finish[ing] third in his first national track championship is a great achievement."

With his third-place finish, Brown notched the first All-America performance by a Brandeis runner at the NCAA championships since 2005. His time also earned the team six points, placing Brandeis in a six-way tie for 27th place out of a total of 60 schools. The Judges placed eighth among New England schools and second in the field of University Athletic Association teams, only behind Washington University in St. Louis.

Heading into her event, Warwick was also seeded third after a string of notable regular-season performances. For the first 2,000 meters of the race, she disappeared in a large herd of runners. Soon after that moment, a few runners broke out of the pack, ultimately emerging as the top set of runners in the race. Warwick laid at the front of the second group of runners on the track. Eventually, the leaders broke away from the second pack, and Warwick ultimately finished with a time of 17:53.35, about 35 seconds away from placing in the top eight. She was also only mere seconds away from notching All-American status.

The indoor track and field season concluded with this week's national tournament, but both track teams will return to competition during the spring outdoor season.