Ohio Northern University

Four Polar Bears earn USTFCCCA All-Academic honors

Both men’s and women’s teams
earn All-Academic honors

Thomas Adam
Feb. 26, 2008

By Gary Petit

ADA — Four members of the Ohio Northern cross country teams earned United States Track & Field Cross Country Coaches Association All-Academic honors as announced Wednesday afternoon.

Juniors Paul Lewis, Thomas Adam and sophomores Alan Bowsher and Rachel Smith each earned individual honors while both the mens and womens received team honors.

The men’s team made a second straight trip to the NCAA Championships in 2007 and also claimed its first OAC Championship crown. Both Adam and Bowsher earned All-Region honors while all three men garnered All-OAC honors.

The Polar Bear women finished fourth at the 2007 OAC Championships while Smith finished 14th and earned All-Conference honors for the first time.

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O'Brien named DIII Men's XC Runner of the Year (12/7)
O'Brien earns All-America, MXC 17th at NCAA (11/17)
Polar Bears move up to No. 10 in USTFCCCA poll (11/14)

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