Monday, November 21, 2016

Megan McCandless (Granada HS, Livermore, CA 2016; MIT) All-American NCAA Division III

2016 USTFCCCA All-Americans For NCAA DIII Cross Country


By Tyler Mayforth, USTFCCCA
November 21, 2016   




NEW ORLEANS — The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced on Monday the 70 student-athletes who earned All-America honors by finishing among the top-35 in the men’s and women’s races at the 2016 NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships this past weekend in Louisville, Kentucky.
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Of all the teams that competed at E.P. "Tom" Sawyer Park, only one brought home five All-America awards. That would be none other than the runaway men’s team champion North Central (Ill.).
The Cardinals were a juggernaut all year long and showed why this past weekend. North Central (Ill.) put its entire scoring lineup (five runners) in the top-25. Zach Plank led the way in 9th place, while Al Baldonado finished six places behind in 15th. Dhruvil Patel (18th), Ethan Adlfinger (19th) and Zach Hird (24th) all finished not too far behind them. When all was said and done, the Cardinals beat runner-up SUNY Geneseo by 144 points.
No team had four All-Americans, but two had three — the national champion women of Johns Hopkins and the UW-Eau Claire men.
The Blue Jays entered the meet as the unanimous pre-meet favorite and made quick work of the proceedings. Johns Hopkins led from the gun and extended its lead considerably before the finish. The Blue Jays only put one runner in the top-25 and that was senior Tess Meehan (25th). Felicia Koerner (29th) and Natalia LaSpada (31st) also ran well for Johns Hopkins.
The Blugolds finished 3rd in the team standings, a far cry from their national championship last year. UW-Eau Claire lost a lot in the offseason but were paced by key returner Darin Lau, who finished 6th this past weekend. Nick Petersson (31st) and Patrick Treacy (34th) made sure the Blugolds wouldn’t fall too far in the standings.
Five men’s teams and three women’s teams earned two All-America honors apiece. The men’s teams were Washington (Mo.), Tufts, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, MIT and Allegheny (Pa.). The women’s teams were Colorado College, Stevens and Washington (Mo.).

2016 USTFCCCA All-Americans: NCAA Division III Cross Country

MEN
   
Student-Athlete
Year
Institution
Dan Cheung
SR
Allegheny (Pa.)
Randy Violette
SR
Allegheny (Pa.)
Jordan Kramer
SR
Calvin
Sam Merriman
JR
Case Western Reserve
Kyle Lund
SR
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
Joshua Sealand
SR
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
David Chelimo
JR
Colby
Alec Bass
JR
Dubuque
Henry Woods
JR
Haverford
Mason Tope
JR
Loras
Isaac Jensen
SR
Luther
Matt Deyo
SR
MIT
Dennis Maloney
SO
MIT
Jaryd Flank
SR
Muhlenberg
Ethan Adlfinger
SR
North Central (Ill.)
Al Baldonado
SO
North Central (Ill.)
Zach Hird
SO
North Central (Ill.)
Dhruvil Patel
SO
North Central (Ill.)
Zach Plank
SR
North Central (Ill.)
Brad Hodkinson
SO
Pacific Lutheran
James Bailey
JR
RIT
Grant O’Connor
SO
RPI
Thomas Caulfield
SR
St. Lawrence
Joe Coffey
SR
St. Olaf
Isaac Garcia-Cassani
JR
SUNY Geneseo
Tim Nichols
SR
Tufts
Luke O’Connor
SR
Tufts
Ryan Becker
SR
Washington (Mo.)
David O’gara
JR
Washington (Mo.)
Ernie Pitone
SR
Widener
Darin Lau
JR
UW-Eau Claire
Nick Petersson
SR
UW-Eau Claire
Patrick Treacy
SO
UW-Eau Claire
Ian LaMere
SR
UW-Platteville
Brett Harms
JR
UW-Whitewater
WOMEN
   
Student-Athlete
Year
Institution
Jessica Shaw
SR
Albion
Katherine Treanor
FR
Amherst
Emily Bryson
SO
Brandeis
Serena Gale-Butto
SR
Centre
Bryn McKillop
JR
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
Katie Sandfort
SR
Colorado College
Leah Wessler
SR
Colorado College
Abrah Masterson
SR
Cornell College
Erin Herrmann
SR
Hope
Taryn Cordani
SO
Ithaca
Felicia Koerner
SO
Johns Hopkins
Natalia LaSpada
SO
Johns Hopkins
Tess Meehan
SR
Johns Hopkins
Audrey Miller
SO
Loras
Abigail Nadler
SO
Middlebury
Megan McCandless
FR
MIT/Granada HS, Livermore, CA
Meg Brockett
SR
Moravian
Sarah Fowler
SR
Ohio Wesleyan
Maya Weigel
SR
Pomona-Pitzer
Ashley Litoff
JR
Rhodes
Emma Jones
SR
RIT
Jaime Lord
JR
RPI
Casey Hovland
JR
St. Scholastica
Mary Visca
SO
Stevens
Amy Regan
SR
Stevens
Sara Rosenzweig
SR
SUNY Geneseo
Rachael Shine
SR
SUNY Oneonta
Brittany Bowman
JR
Tufts
Khia Kurtenbach
SO
Chicago
Elizabeth Frick
SR
UW-La Crosse
Ashlyn Bagge
JR
Wartburg
Alison Lindsay
JR
Washington (Mo.)
Aly Wayne
JR
Washington (Mo.)
Kayla Leland
SO
Whitworth
Olivia Mancl
SR
Willamette


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