Nov. 22, 2006

BYU senior Josh Rohatinsky is joined by four members of Colorado's national championship team on the Division I Men's All-America Team for the 2006 cross country season.

Rohatinsky, a three-time All-American, won the NCAA Division I men's cross country title Monday in Terre Haute, Ind. Colorado, which won the NCAA men's team title with 94 points, has four All-Americans: Brent Vaughn, Stephen Pifer, Erik Heinonen and James Strang.

Defending NCAA champion Wisconsin, this year's runner-up, placed three runners on the All-America team: Stuart Eagon, Tim Nelson and Matt Withrow.

The NCAA Division I Men's All-America Cross Country Team consists of the top 30 finishers at the NCAA Championships plus an equal number of U.S. athletes displaced by non-U.S. citizens in the top 25. Since 12 foreign-born athletes finished in the top 30 at the NCAA meet, this year's All-America Team consists of 42 athletes.

The All-America teams for Division I, II and III are posted online at www.ustfccca.org.

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

Josh Rohatinsky, Brigham Young University

Neftalem Araia, Stanford University

Jess Baumgartner, University of Southern Utah

Lopez Lomong, University of Northern Arizona

Martin Fagan, Providence College

Galen Rupp, University of Oregon

Jacob Korir, Eastern Kentucky University

Peter Kosgei, University of Arkansas

Aaron Aguayo, Arizona State University

Robert Cheseret, University of Arizona

Stuart Eagon, University of Wisconsin

Brent Vaughn, University of Colorado

Stephen Samoei, University of Texas El Paso

Chris Rombough, University of Minnesota

Sean Quigley, La Salle University

Samuel Chelanga, Fairleigh Dickinson University

Kevin Chelimo, Texas Tech University

Tim Nelson, University of Wisconsin

Shadrack Songok, Texas A & M University - Corpus Christi

Stephen Pifer, University of Colorado

Phillip Reid, California Polytechnic State University

Mark Korir , University of Wyoming

Mohamed Khadroui, Iona College

Matt Withrow, University of Wisconsin

Seth Pilkington, Weber State University

Colby Wissel, University of Kansas

Josh McDougal, Liberty University

Erik Heinonen, University of Colorado

Francis Kasagule, Lamar University

Corey Nowitzke, Eastern Michigan University

Dan Mazzocco, Penn State University

Jordan Kyle, University of Indiana

Christo Landry, College of William and Mary

Patrick Smyth, University of Notre Dame

Joe Thorne, University of Texas 

Dave Nightingale, Princeton University

Paul Hefferon, University of Kansas

Seth Summerside, University of Arkansas

J.D. Krawczyk, University of California Santa Barbara

James Strang, University of Colorado

Scott McPherson, University of Arkansas

Diego Mercado, University of Oregon