March 3, 2004

CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA . . . Six Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) women’s cross country teams, three men’s cross country teams and six student-athletes were named to the United States Cross Country Coaches Association (USCCCA) All-Academic Team.

The Simpson College, Loras College, Cornell College and Coe College women’s cross country teams, and the Central College and Cornell College men’s cross country teams were named All-Academic Cross Country Team with distinction. The Wartburg College and Central College women’s team and the Loras College men’s team were named All-Academic Cross Country Team.

To be eligible for the USCCCA All-Academic Team honor, a school must have a team cumulative grade point average above 3.0, and competed in the regional qualifying meet and five runners must have finished. Schools with a cumulative grade point average above 3.25 received All-Academic Team with distinction honors. The USCCCA recognized 101 women’s cross country teams (80 with distinction) and 63 men’s cross country teams (35 with distinction).

Individually, Coe’s Jenna Boerboom (Walnut Grove, Minn./Tracey Area HS), Loras’ Marcus Murphy (Ankeny Iowa/Ankeny HS) and Dan Winder (Waterloo, Iowa/West HS), Luther’s Adam Bohach (Spillville, Iowa/South Winneshiek HS), Simpson’s Jen Wendt (Bettendorf, Iowa/Pleasant Valley HS) and Wartburg’s Katie Croker (Marshalltown, Iowa/Marshalltown HS) received USCCCA All-Academic honors. Boerboom, Wendt and Croker were among 130 female student-athletes honored. Murphy, Winder and Bohach were among 73 male student-athletes honored.

For an individual to be eligible for USCCCA All-Academic honors, she/he must have a 3.25 GPA through the fall 2003 term and must have placed among the top-15 or top 10 percent of regional finishers, and/or earned All-American honors at the National Championship.

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