The Lone Star Conference recognized twenty student-athletes and
two head coaches as league officials announced the annual cross
country all-conference honors.
The announcement comes following
the LSC Cross Country Championships on October 24. ACU
reigned in the men's eight kilometer race for the 19th
consecutive year, while MSU prevailed for its second straight
league title on the women's six kilometer course.
All-conference honors are given
to those runners who finish among the top 10 individually at the
conference meet, while additional awards are presented for Coach of
the Year and Freshman of the Year in both the men's and women's
divisions.
ACU's Sam Burroughs and MSU's
Koby Styles earned men's and women's Coach of the Year acclaim
after guiding their respective teams to conference titles.
Freshman of the Year honors went to ACU's Colby Delbene and West
Texas A&M's Aries Bazaldua.
The coaching honors were selected
by a vote of all the LSC head coaches, while the freshman awards
went to the top freshman finishers at the league championships.
The Wildcats Sang won the men's
individual title to headline the all-conference list. He was
joined by teammates Cleophas Tanui and Delbene on the All-LSC list.
Gerzain Valenzuela and Jared
McNeil guided Tarleton State to a second-place finish to earn
All-LSC honors. Cameron's men, who finished fourth, were led
by All-LSC performers Julius Korir, Josh Stewart and Mohamed
Khelalfa, while East Central's Jim Sutrick and Texas
A&M-Commerce's Tyler Tyndell also received recognition.
On the women's side, MSU's Sydnee
Cole claimed the women's individual title to lead the Mustangs to
the team crown. Brittney Heath and Emeline Crutcher paced
Angelo State in second place to pick up All-LSC acclaim.
ECU's Sarah Reihart and Hayley
Jennings earned All-LSC honors as the Tigers finished third in the
team standings. Also receiving recognition were Texas
A&M-Kingsville's Erica Alvarado, WT's Bazaldua, ACU's Chloe
Susset, TSU's Vanessa Elizondo and Southwestern Oklahoma's Chelsey
Dillon.
2009 LSC CROSS COUNTRY ALL-CONFERENCE
AWARDS
MEN'S ALL-CONFERENCE PERFORMERS
Place
Runner
Year
Team
Hometown
1
Amos
Sang
JR
Abilene Christian
Eldoret, Kenya
2
Cleophas Tanui
SR
Abilene
Christian
Kobujol, Kenya
3
Julius
Korir
SO
Cameron
Eldoret, Kenya
4
Gerzain Valenzuela
SO Tarleton
State
Hereford, Texas
5
Colby
Delbene
FR
Abilene Christian
Patterson, NY
6
Jim
Sutrick
JR East
Central
Sapulpa, Okla.
7 Tyler
Tyndell
SR Texas
A&M-Commerce Paris,
Texas
8
Josh
Stewart
SR
Cameron
Ada, Okla.
9 Jared
McNeil
JR Tarleton
State
Saginaw, Texas
10
Mohamed Khelalfa
JR
Cameron
Cumberland, Md.
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Men's Team Champion: Abilene
Christian
Men's Freshman of the Year:
Colby Delbene, Abilene Christian
Men's Coach of the Year: Sam
Burroughs, Abilene Christian
WOMEN'S ALL-CONFERENCE
PERFORMERS
Place
Runner
Year
Team
Hometown
1
Sydnee
Cole
JR
Midwestern State
Phillipsburg, Kan.
2
Erica
Alvarado
SR
Texas A&M-Kingsville
Falfurrias, Texas
3
Aries Bazaldua
FR
West Texas A&M
Canyon, Texas
4
Brittney
Heath
SR
Angelo
State
San Angelo, Texas
5
Sarah
Reihart
SR
East
Central
Broken Arrow, Okla.
6
Chloe
Susset
FR
Abilene Christian
Clery Vexin, France
7
Vanessa
Elizondo
SO Tarleton
State
Stephenville, Texas
8
Emeline Crutcher
FR
Angelo
State
Wellman, Texas
9
Hayley Jennings
FR East
Central
Broken Arrow, Okla.
10
Chelsey
Dillon
FR
Southwestern Okla.
Mabank, Texas
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Women's Team Champion:
Midwestern State
Women's Freshman of the Year:
Aries Bazaldua, West Texas
A&M
Women's Coach of the Year: Koby
Styles, Midwestern State