Pixler Makes History, Eighty USTFCCCA Division II Cross Country All-Americans Ho
Pixler Makes History, Eighty USTFCCCA Division II Cross Country All-Americans Ho
November 21, 2009
NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) is pleased to announce eighty student-athletes from NCAA’s Division II as recipients of the 2009 USTFCCCA Cross Country All-American award.
Award winners finished among the top 40 in either the men’s or women’s races at the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships held Saturday in Evansville, Ind.
Seattle Pacific’s Jessica Pixler made NCAA history in becoming the first female Division II athlete to win three individual cross country championships, doing so with a seven-plus-second victory in the women’s six-kilometer race (20:22.6). Western Washington junior Sarah Porter took second (20:30.1) while Missouri Southern’s Ashley Siler (20:43.6) and Kimi Shank (20:44.5) placed third and fourth, respectively.
The women’s team race was claimed by Adams State for the seventh-consecutive year as freshman Alicia Nelson led a group of five Grizzly All-Americans to the title with a seventh-place overall finish. Grand Valley State, who also had five earn All-American honors, was second in the team competition followed by Missouri Southern.
Adams State senior Reuben Mwei clocked 30:27.8 in the men’s 10-kilometer race to claim the NCAA Individual Championship in leading Adams State to their second-straight NCAA Division II men’s team title. Mwei finished just four tenths of a second ahead of Harding’s Daniel Kirwa for the crown in becoming Adams State’s first individual title holder since 2003. All seven Grizzly runners earned All-America status and placed in the top 25. Western State, who took second in the team race, had five runners garner All-America honors.
Awards for the USTFCCCA Division II Cross Country National Athletes and Coaches of the Year will be announced later in the week as they are pending selection by a national vote.
2009 USTFCCCA Division II Cross Country All-Americans
MEN
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Athlete |
School |
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Amos Sang |
Abilene Christian |
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Aaron Braun |
Adams State |
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Anthony Gauthier |
Adams State |
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Brian Medigovich |
Adams State |
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Luke Cragg |
Adams State |
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Nathaniel Sellers |
Adams State |
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Reuben Mwei |
Adams State |
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Ryan McNiff |
Adams State |
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Micah Chelimo |
Alaska Anchorage |
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Glarius Rop |
American International |
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Julius Korir |
Cameron |
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Laban Sialo |
Central Missouri |
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Jimmy Elam |
Chico State |
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Aaron Swift |
Colorado Mines |
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Ben Zywicki |
Colorado Mines |
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Meshack Koyiaki |
Columbus State |
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Nicholas Kering |
Columbus State |
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Ross Faasse |
Grand Valley State |
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Tyler Emmorey |
Grand Valley State |
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Daniel Kirwa |
Harding |
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Philip Biwott |
Harding |
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Hillary Mugun |
Indiana (Pennsylvania) |
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Nick Hilton |
Lock Haven |
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Brennan Benkert |
Missouri Southern |
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Nicaise Kazingo |
New Mexico Highlands |
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Drew Harris |
Northern Kentucky |
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Barak Watson |
Northwest Nazarene |
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Oscar Ogwaro |
Queens (North Carolina) |
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Brendan Devine |
Southern Indiana |
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Dustin Emerick |
Southern Indiana |
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Jared McNeil |
Tarleton State |
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Angus MacDonald |
UMass Lowell |
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Pardon Ndhlovu |
UNC-Pembroke |
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Chris Reed |
Western Oregon |
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David Flynn |
Western State |
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Iain Donnan |
Western State |
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Loren Ahonen |
Western State |
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Sean Brown |
Western State |
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Tyler Pennel |
Western State |
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Jordan Welling |
Western Washington |
2009 USTFCCCA Division II Cross Country All-Americans
WOMEN
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Athlete |
School |
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Janette Cary |
Adams State |
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Kristen McGlynn |
Adams State |
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Alicia Nelson |
Adams State |
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Ashley Quintana |
Adams State |
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Vanessa Roy |
Adams State |
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Ruth Keino |
Alaska Anchorage |
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Miriam Kipng'eno |
Alaska Anchorage |
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Whitney Bishoff |
Anderson (South Carolina) |
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Vivien Wadeck |
Cal State LA |
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Tori Tyler |
Chico State |
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Alia Gray |
Chico State |
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Kara Lubieniecki |
Chico State |
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Sydney Laws |
Colorado Mines |
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Christina Muir |
Ferris State |
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Sara Trane |
Florida Tech |
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Lynsey Ardingo |
Grand Valley State |
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Eileen Creutz |
Grand Valley State |
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Amy Kolin |
Grand Valley State |
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Katherine McCarthy |
Grand Valley State |
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Jessie Vickers |
Grand Valley State |
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Ashley Quick |
Hillsdale |
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Kate Griewisch |
Lenoir-Rhyne |
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Kathryn Hague |
Lewis |
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Christie Turak |
Mercyhurst |
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Priscilla Jennings |
Millersville |
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Ali Paul |
Minnesota State-Mankato |
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Morgan Place |
Minnesota-Duluth |
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Ashley Bunch |
Missouri Southern |
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Kimi Shank |
Missouri Southern |
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Ashley Siler |
Missouri Southern |
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Courtney Waltbillig |
Missouri Southern |
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Jeptui Cherutich |
NYIT |
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Jessica Pixler |
Seattle Pacific |
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Mary Dell |
Shippensburg |
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Jennifer Harpp |
Slippery Rock |
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Mary Ballinger |
Southern Indiana |
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Erin Carmone |
Stonehill |
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Hillory Davis |
Western State |
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Lauren Breihof |
Western Washington |
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Sarah Porter |
Western Washington |