Nov. 22, 2006

Texas Tech sophomore Sally Kipyego leads a standout class of distance runners on the 2006 Division I Women's All-America Cross Country Team, the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association announced this week.

Kipyego won the NCAA Division I women's cross country title Monday in Terre Haute, Ind., racing to a 26-second victory over Colorado's Jennifer Barringer. Stanford, the NCAA women's team champion, placed two athletes on the All-America Team: Arianna Lambie and Teresa McWalters. Kipeygo is joined on the team by Texas Tech teammate Irene Kimaiyo.

The Division I All-America Cross Country Team consists of the top 25 finishers at the NCAA Championships plus an equal number of U.S. athletes displaced by foreign-born athletes in the top 25. Since five foreign-born athletes finished in the top 25 at the NCAA meet, this year's All-America Team consists of 30 athletes.

2006 NCAA Division I Women's All-America Cross Country Team

Sally Kipyego, Texas Tech University

Jennifer Barringer, University of Colorado

Lindsay Donaldson, Yale University

Arianna Lambie, Stanford University

Julia Lucas, North Carolina State University

Kassi Andersen, Brigham Young University

Aine Hoban, Providence College

Diane Nukuri, University of Iowa

Irene Kimaiyo, Texas Tech University

Alissa McKaig, Michigan State University

Julia Viellehner, Coastal Carolina University

Nicole Edwards, University of Michigan

Hanna Grinaker, University of Wisconsin

Emily McCabe, Duke University

Michelle Sikes, Wake Forest University

Liza Pasciuto, University of Colorado

Maddie McKeever, Duke University

Jessica Eldridge, University of Oklahoma

Ladia Albertson-Junkans, University of Minnesota

Emily Harrison, University of Virginia                                                                                             

McKayla Plank, Iona College

Brianna Felnagle, University of North Carolina

Katrina Rundhaug, University of Wisconsin

Jillian Sullivan , University of Connecticut

Kara Scanlin, University of Virginia

Bona Jones, North Carolina State University

Susan Kuijken, Florida State University

Angela Bizzarri, University of Illinois

Emily Brown, University of Minnesota

Racheal Machand, University of Iowa

Teresa McWalters, Stanford University

Lauren Christman, University of California Santa Barbara

Michelle Raferty, Michigan State University

Rachel Forish, Southern Methodist University

Lisa Koll, Iowa State University

Brooke Upshaw, University of Arkansas

Mallory Chamapa, Boston College