USTFCCCA Cross Country All-America Honors Awarded in Division I

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USTFCCCA Cross Country All-America Honors Awarded in Division I

Top 40 finishers from NCAA Championships honored with All-America honors



November 19, 2012



NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced on Monday the 80 student-athletes that received All-America honors for the 2012 NCAA Division I Cross Country season. Overall finish at the NCAA Championships is the determining factor as the top 40 individuals from both men’s and women’s races earn All-America plaudits from the USTFCCCA.



The Oklahoma State Cowboys captured their third NCAA men’s cross country team title in a four-year period as Dave Smith’s squad won the day with a 63-point victory. The 72 points by OSU was the best team score to win the national title since Wisconsin in 2005 (37). Led by senior Girma Mecheso who finished fifth overall, the Cowboys picked up a national-high four All-America honors. Junior Tom Farrell (ninth), junior Shadrack Kipchirchir (18th), and junior Joseph Manilafasha (24th) also captured honors from the USTFCCCA.



Wisconsin and Colorado each placed three runners in the top 40 to follow Oklahoma State in the All-America tally.



In the conference race, the Pac-12 and Big 12 each had six male honorees, followed by the ACC (5) and Big Ten (4). If the NCAA Championships were scored by conference, the Big 12 would score 47 points as the top league – Texas Tech’s Kennedy Kithuka was the individual national champion and were followed by the Oklahoma State trio of All-Americans, and Texas’ Ryan Dohner placed 19th. The Big Ten would follow as the conference runner-up with 74 points. The Pac-12 would be third (85), the ACC fourth (102), SEC fifth (129), West Coast Conference sixth (171), Conference USA seventh (183), Big Sky eighth (190), Big East ninth (240), Ivy League tenth (242), and the Ohio Valley Conference 11th (284).



In the women’s championship, Oregon came away with their third overall cross country crown and their first since 1987. Senior Jordan Hasay was the top Duck with a third-place individual finish. She was joined in gaining All-America honors by senior Alexi Pappas (eighth) and senior transfer Katie Conlon (39th).



Stanford, Providence, and Florida State also claimed three women’s All-America honors.



The Pac-12 had 11 women gain All-America status – the most among the nation’s conferences. The ACC fell next with seven, followed by the Big East (4). Scoring the NCAA meet by conference, the Pac-12 would have the edge in scoring 51 points with Oregon’s Hasay and Pappas leading the way. Utah’s Amanda Mergaert placed 14th as the league’s third, Colorado’s Shalaya Kipp was 18th, and Arizona’s Elvin Kibet was 19th. The ACC would finish second in the fantasized meet with 72, and the Big 12 would be third (104), Big East fourth (105), SEC and Big Ten would tie for fifth (174), the Ivy League seventh (177), Big Sky eighth (243), CAA ninth (250), Mountain West tenth (251), Mid-American Conference 11th (271), and the Atlantic 10 12th (295).



The USTFCCCA will announce Division I National Athletes and Coaches of the Year on Tuesday.



2012 USTFCCCA Division I Cross Country All-Americans



MEN



Name
Year
Institution

Stephen Sambu
SR
Arizona

Lawi Lalang
SO
Arizona

Kemoy Campbell
JR
Arkansas

Jared Ward
JR
BYU

Tylor Thatcher
JR
BYU

Jake Hurysz
JR
Colorado

Aric VanHalen
SR
Colorado

Blake Theroux
SO
Colorado

Wade Meddles
JR
Eastern Kentucky

Soufiane Bouchikhi
JR
Eastern Kentucky

Jakub Zivec
JR
Florida State

Breandan O'Neill
SR
Florida State

Zachary Mayhew
SR
Indiana

Mitch Goose
SR
Iona

Matt Johnsen
JR
Lamar

David Rooney
SR
McNeese State

Brian Shrader
JR
Northern Arizona

Futsum Zienasellassie
FR
Northern Arizona

Andrew Colley
JR
NC State

Luke Caldwell
JR
New Mexico

Girma Mecheso
SR
Oklahoma State

Tom Farrell
JR
Oklahoma State

Shadrack Kipchirchir
JR
Oklahoma State

Joseph Manilafasha
JR
Oklahoma State

Scott Fauble
SO
Portland

Travis Mahoney
SR
Temple

Peter Okwera
SO
Tennessee

Ryan Dohner
JR
Texas

Henry Lelei
SR
Texas A&M

Kennedy Kithuka
JR
Texas Tech

Chris O'Hare
JR
Tulsa

Lane Werley
SO
UCLA

Paul Chelimo
JR
UNCG

Anthony Rotich
FR
UTEP

William Mulherin
SR
Virginia Tech

Zach Gates
SR
Virginia

Joseph Chebet
SR
Western Kentucky

Mohammed Ahmed
SR
Wisconsin

Maverick Darling
SR
Wisconsin

Reed Connor
SR
Wisconsin






WOMEN

Name
Year
Institution

Elvin Kibet
JR
Arizona

Jennifer Bergman
SR
Arizona

Shelby Houlihan
SO
Arizona State

Katie Clark
JR
Butler

Laura Hollander
FR
Cal Poly

Shalaya Kipp
SR
Colorado

Rachel Sorna
JR
Cornell

Katie Kellner
SR
Cornell

Abbey D'Agostino
JR
Dartmouth

Kelsey Lakowske
FR
Duke

Juliet Bottorff
JR
Duke

Violah Lagat
SR
Florida State

Colleen Quigley
SO
Florida State

Amanda Winslow
SR
Florida State

Mareike Schrulle
SR
Iowa

Betsy Saina
SR
Iowa State

Meaghan Nelson
SR
Iowa State

Cally Macumber
JR
Kentucky

Chelsea Oswald
SR
Kentucky

Lianne Farber
SO
North Carolina

Josephine Moultrie
SR
New Mexico

Julie Accurso
JR
Ohio

Jordan Hasay
SR
Oregon

Alexi Pappas
SR
Oregon

Katie Conlon
SR
Oregon

Sarah Collins
FR
Providence

Emily Sisson
JR
Providence

Laura Nagel
JR
Providence

Aisling Cuffe
SO
Stanford

Kathy Kroeger
SR
Stanford

Cayla Hatton
FR
Stanford

Marielle Hall
JR
Texas

Amanda Mergaert
SR
Utah

Risper Kimaiyo
SR
UTEP

Emily Lipari
JR
Villanova

Catherine White
SR
Virginia

Amber Henry
JR
Weber State

Aliphine Tuliamuk-Bolton
SR
Wichita State

Elaina Balouris
JR
William and Mary

Emily Stites
FR
William and Mary












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