Pixler Makes History, Eighty USTFCCCA Division II Cross Country All-Americans Honored

Pixler Makes History, Eighty USTFCCCA Division II Cross Country All-Americans Honored


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



Athlete
School

Amos Sang
Abilene Christian

Aaron Braun
Adams State

Anthony Gauthier
Adams State

Brian Medigovich
Adams State

Luke Cragg
Adams State

Nathaniel Sellers
Adams State

Reuben Mwei
Adams State

Ryan McNiff
Adams State

Micah Chelimo
Alaska Anchorage

Glarius Rop
American International

Julius Korir
Cameron

Laban Sialo
Central Missouri

Jimmy Elam
Chico State

Aaron Swift
Colorado Mines

Ben Zywicki
Colorado Mines

Meshack Koyiaki
Columbus State

Nicholas Kering
Columbus State

Ross Faasse
Grand Valley State

Tyler Emmorey
Grand Valley State

Daniel Kirwa
Harding

Philip Biwott
Harding

Hillary Mugun
Indiana (Pennsylvania)

Nick Hilton
Lock Haven

Brennan Benkert
Missouri Southern

Nicaise Kazingo
New Mexico Highlands

Drew Harris
Northern Kentucky

Barak Watson
Northwest Nazarene

Oscar Ogwaro
Queens (North Carolina)

Brendan Devine
Southern Indiana

Dustin Emerick
Southern Indiana

Jared McNeil
Tarleton State

Angus MacDonald
UMass Lowell

Pardon Ndhlovu
UNC-Pembroke

Chris Reed
Western Oregon

David Flynn
Western State

Iain Donnan
Western State

Loren Ahonen
Western State

Sean Brown
Western State

Tyler Pennel
Western State

Jordan Welling
Western Washington






2009 USTFCCCA Division II Cross Country All-Americans

WOMEN



Athlete
School

Janette Cary
Adams State

Kristen McGlynn
Adams State

Alicia Nelson
Adams State

Ashley Quintana
Adams State

Vanessa Roy
Adams State

Ruth Keino
Alaska Anchorage

Miriam Kipng'eno
Alaska Anchorage

Whitney Bishoff
Anderson (South Carolina)

Vivien Wadeck
Cal State LA

Tori Tyler
Chico State

Alia Gray
Chico State

Kara Lubieniecki
Chico State

Sydney Laws
Colorado Mines

Christina Muir
Ferris State

Sara Trane
Florida Tech

Lynsey Ardingo
Grand Valley State

Eileen Creutz
Grand Valley State

Amy Kolin
Grand Valley State

Katherine McCarthy
Grand Valley State

Jessie Vickers
Grand Valley State

Ashley Quick
Hillsdale

Kate Griewisch
Lenoir-Rhyne

Kathryn Hague
Lewis

Christie Turak
Mercyhurst

Priscilla Jennings
Millersville

Ali Paul
Minnesota State-Mankato

Morgan Place
Minnesota-Duluth

Ashley Bunch
Missouri Southern

Kimi Shank
Missouri Southern

Ashley Siler
Missouri Southern

Courtney Waltbillig
Missouri Southern

Jeptui Cherutich
NYIT

Jessica Pixler
Seattle Pacific

Mary Dell
Shippensburg

Jennifer Harpp
Slippery Rock

Mary Ballinger
Southern Indiana

Erin Carmone
Stonehill

Hillory Davis
Western State

Lauren Breihof
Western Washington

Sarah Porter
Western Washington










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Tom Lewis

U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association

1100 Poydras St., Suite 1750

New Orleans, LA 70163

(O) 504-599-8904 (F) 504-599-8909

Email: tom@ustfccca.org



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