Four PBC Women's Cross Country Runners Named to All-Academic Team

NEW ORLEANS, LA – Four PBC women’s cross country runners were recently named to the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches’ Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic team. Augusta State’s Kaci McCane and Kara Kreutzer joined GCSU’s Bonnie Ueltzen and Heather Raines on the team, which was made up of 202 women’s runners from 99 Division II programs.

To qualify for the individual All-Academic honors, the student-athlete must have completed 24 semester or 36 quarter hours and have a cumulative grade point average of 3.25 on a 4.0 scale. The student-athletes must also finish in the top 30 percent of individual participants at their respective regional cross country championships.

For Augusta State, Kara Kreutzer was named All-Conference after finishing 12th at the PBC Championships. The sophomore from Lilburn, Ga., went on to finish 44th in the NCAA South Regionals as ASU finished fifth as a team, their highest regional finish ever. Kaci McCane finished in the top 20 at the PBC Championships and ran in the NCAA Regional, finishing 70th of the 155 runners in that event. A sophomore from McDonough, Ga., McCane also competed in four regular-season meets for the Lady Jaguars.

Bonnie Ueltzen was named All-Conference for Georgia College & State University after finishing 11th at the PBC Championships. A sophomore from Blairsville, Ga., Ueltzen ran in all six regular-season meets for the Lady Bobcats and was the highest finisher on the team twice. She also ran a team-best and personal 6k best of 24:30 at the NCAA South Regional. Heather Raines finished 91st at the NCAA South Regional. A sophomore from Loganville, Ga., Raines ran in four regular-season meets for GCSU and finished 29th at the PBC Championships.

Seattle Pacific’s Jessica Pixler was named the 2007 Division II USTFCCCA Women’s Cross Country All-Academic Athlete of the Year.