Four women, four men earn Cross Country All-American status
11/21/2009 11:49:33 PM
St. Paul, Minn. -- Four women's runners and four men's runners from the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) earned All-American status with their performances on Saturday at 2009 NCAA Division III Men's and Women's Cross Country Championships. The race was hosted by Baldwin-Wallace College at Highland Hills Golf Course in Highland Hills, Ohio.
In the women's race, defending NCAA Champion Marie Borner, a senior from Bethel (Cottage Grove, Minn./Park), placed second in a time of 21:45. Carleton sophomore Simone Childs-Walker (Seattle, Wash./Lakeside) finished in 11th with a time of 22:27. Carleton teammate Laura Roach (Lakeville, Minn./North) was 25th, finishing in 22:39. The final women's All-American from the MIAC was Hamline's Margot Branigan (Roseville, Minn.), who placed 32nd with a time of 22:48.
Bethel senior Dan Greeno (St. Michael, Minn./St. Michael-Albertville) led the MIAC Men's All-Americans, finishing 10th with a time of 25:41. The next MIAC runner was St. Olaf junior Dobuol Ruon (Northfield, Minn.) placing 24th with a time of 25:59. St. Thomas' Ben Sathre (Chaska, Minn.) and Hamline's Ian Bauer (Roseville, Minn.) finished 26th and 27th respectively to also earn All-American status.
In the women's team competition, Carleton was 11th with a total team score of 357 and St. Olaf was 27th with a score of 557. On the men's side, St. Thomas was 19th with 466 points, St. Olaf was 21st with 477 points, and Hamline was 23rd with 496 points.
NCAA Men's Recap
NCAA Women's Recap
