Rose-Hulman senior hurdler Phil Reksel capped his historic career with a fifth-place finish in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles competition to earn his fourth career All-American honor at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field National Championships. He also was named a GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-American, earning third team, spring at-large honors.

Reksel charged into second place in the final 100 meters of the race before clipping a hurdle and falling into fifth with a time of 52.40 seconds. He entered the finals as the No. 1 seed after running a time of 51.63 seconds in the qualifying round.

Reksel placed fifth in an NCAA III National Championship for the third time in his career. He finished fifth in the 400-meter dash at the 1999 NCAA III Indoor Championships and placed fifth in the 400-meter hurdles at the 1998 Outdoor Championships. Reksel finished fourth in the 400-meter dash at the 2000 Indoor Championships.