The NCAA News - News and Features

March 24, 1997

I men's cross country all-academic squad is announced

Four of the top 10 teams and three of the top 20 individual finishers at the 1996 Division I Men's Cross Country Championships lead the Division I men's all-academic cross country team announced by the United States Cross Country Coaches Association.

Arkansas (which earned runner-up honors at the 1996 championships), Colorado, Wisconsin and Notre Dame lead the 35-team all-academic list. Colorado, Wisconsin and Notre Dame placed fifth, sixth and ninth, respectively, at the 1996 championships.

Greg Jimmerson of Stanford, who placed fourth individually at the 1996 championships; Chris Severy of Colorado (17th); and UTEP's Damian Kallabis (19th) were among the 33 individuals garnering honors.

To qualify for team all-academic honors, a team is required to post at least a 3.000 overall grade-point average (4.000 scale) for all team members who used a season of eligibility. Teams also must have competed at their NCAA district-qualifying meet and had at least five runners finish the race.

To qualify for individual all-academic honors, an individual must compile at least a 3.250 grade-point average and finish in the top 10 percent at an NCAA regional meet or achieve all-America status by finishing among the top 25 at the NCAA national championships.

Jimmerson, Notre Dame's Joe Dunlop and Stelios Marneros of Southern Illinois were named to the team for the third time.

Five individuals were honored for the second time. South Alabama's Eli Keren, North Carolina State's Joe Wirgau and Jason Rexing of Notre Dame were named to the team for the second consecutive time, while 1994 honorees Brook Kintz of Georgetown and Bernd Trommer of Boston University also were listed.

Following are this year's all-academic selections:

TEAM

1. Creighton, 3.380 grade-point average; 2. North Caro. State, 3.360; 3. Xavier (Ohio), 3.320; 4. Brigham Young, 3.300; 5. Indiana State, 3.290; 6. Weber State, 3.290; 7. Central Michigan, 3.260; 8. Michigan, 3.240; 9. Yale, 3.230; 10. Arkansas State, 3.210.

11. Pepperdine, 3.200; 12. Dayton, 3.200; 13. Cincinnati, 3.180; 14. Vanderbilt, 3.180; 15. Iowa State, 3.160; 16. Kent, 3.140; 17. Wisconsin, 3.120; 18. Air Force, 3.100; 19. Santa Clara, 3.100; 20. Purdue, 3.100.

21. Boston U., 3.100; 22. Notre Dame, 3.090; 23. Florida State, 3.090; 24. Cornell, 3.080; 25. Loyola (Illinois), 3.070; 26. Alabama, 3.070; 27. Colorado, 3.050; 28. Arkansas, 3.050; 29. Vermont, 3.040; 30. Canisius, 3.040.

31. Manhattan, 3.040; 32. Tennessee-Chattanooga, 3.020; 33. Florida, 3.020; 34. Miami (Ohio), 3.020; 35. North Carolina-Wilmington, 3.010.

INDIVIDUAL

Adam Batliner, Colorado, fine arts; Jason Balkman, Stanford, electrical engineering; Tim Broe, Alabama, pre-major studies, school of arts and sciences; Joe Dunlop, Notre Dame, mechanical engineering; Anthony Escarcega, Wisconsin, mechanical engineering; Chris Fogarazzo, St. John's (New York), biology; Chris Graff, St. John's (New York), philosophy; Bryan Hawkins, Miami (Ohio), chemistry; David Healy, Providence, marketing and finance; Gregory Jimmerson, Stanford, mechanical engineering; Damian Kallabis, UTEP, business administration; Nathan Kennedy, Weber State, Spanish; Eli Keren, South Alabama, business administration; Brook Kintz, Georgetown, environmental studies; David Mabe, North Carolina, math sciences/operations research; Stelios Marneros, Southern Illinois, food and nutrition/hotel management; Theodore Martin, Northern Arizona, exercise science; Chris McGregor, Liberty, business; John Mortimer, Michigan, undeclared; Matt Napier, Colorado, electrical engineering; Jonathan Pillow, Arizona, physics and philosophy; Brian Quinn, St. John's (New York), political science; Robert Reeder, Stanford, computer science; Jason Rexing, Notre Dame, engineering; Josh Ritchie, Ohio, exercise physiology; John Schoenfelder, Wisconsin, history; Bill Schutt, Central Michigan, geography; Chris Severy, Colorado, biological science; Balazs Tolgyesi, Nebraska, business administration; Bernd Trommer, Boston U., social sciences, education and history; Justin Weiss, Eastern Illinois, elementary education; Joseph Wirgau, North Carolina State, chemistry; Simeon Wright, Iowa State, entomology.