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Nov. 17, 2007
JOPLIN, MO - Clarion University senior cross country runner Erin Richard (Erie/McDowell) took 61st at the NCAA Division II national championships Saturday in Joplin, Missouri.
Richard, the PSAC Champion, ran the race in a time of 22:13.6 just missing out on a Top 50 finish.
GOLDEN EAGLE NOTES - Richard followed up her PSAC Championship by taking fourth at the NCAA East Regionals two weeks ago, which was an All-Region finish ... She was All-Region last season as well taking 11th ... Richard was a three-time All-American in track last year earning All-American honors in the Indoor 5,000 and the outdoor 5,000 and 10,000. She was the PSAC Indoor champion in the Mile and the outdoor PSAC champion in the 3,000 and 5,000. In her career ,she has seven combined PSAC Indoor and Outdoor Track gold medals and was the 2007 PSAC Outdoor Women's Track Athlete of the Year and the 2007 United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) East Region Indoor Women's Track Athlete of the Year ... Richard, a Clarion and PSAC "Scholar-Athlete", is also a great student and was a 2007 third-team ESPN The Magazine Women's Track & Field/Cross Country Academic All-America and a 2007 first-team District 2 College Division ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District selection as well as a USTFCCCA All-Academic team member. |
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