BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (UNLVRebels.com) – UNLV's Destiny Smith-Barnett earned First Team All-America honors with her fourth-place finish in the 60m final Saturday at the 2019 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships. The Rebel senior ran a time of 7.19 in the event contested at the Birmingham CrossPlex.
 
Saturday's accomplishment marked the second time that the native of Oakland, California, has garnered All-American recognition. Two years ago, she was a second team honoree after a 14th-place finish in the 60m at the national meet.
 
Moreover, Smith-Barnett is the first Rebel since Amanda Bingson in 2012 to claim first team status.
 
QUOTABLE: "Destiny has been through a lot and we are so proud of all she has accomplished at UNLV," said head coach Yvonne Wade. "She is such an amazing talent and a great spirit, and she represented the Rebel family well."
 
"We are extremely proud of Destiny and her accomplishments," said assistant coach Larry Wade. "She put it all out there to represent UNLV and we couldn't ask for anything more for her last competition as a Rebel. We look forward to seeing what she will accomplish in her future running career; sky is the limit!"
 
NOTES:
- USC's Twanisha Terry claimed the 60m title with a time of 7.14, while Texas' Teahna Daniels (7.19) and Florida State's Ka'Tia Seymour (7.19) were second and third, respectively.
- Smith-Barnett was named a 2017 Second Team All-American in the 100m (outdoor) and was a member of a pair of Rebel 4x100m relay teams that garnered All-America honors in outdoor competition in 2017 (Second Team) and 2018 (Honorable Mention).
- Smith-Barnett won the 60m at the Mountain West Indoor Championships twice: 2015 and 2018.
- Smith-Barnett earned Mountain West All-Conference Team honors four times in the 60m.
- This was the third straight year that UNLV was represented at the NCAA Indoor Championships, as Smith-Barnett and teammate Avi'Tal Wilson-Perteete earned Second Team USTFCCCA All-America honors in 2017 and 2018, respectively.
 
SWITCHING SEASONS: The UNLV track & field team will transition to the outdoor season following the conclusion of the NCAA Indoor Championships. The Rebels open the outdoor campaign at home on March 14-16 with the UNLV Invitational & Sheila Tarr-Smith Multis at Myron Partridge Stadium.