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 NCAA Division I 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 30. Since seven non-U.S. citizens finished in the top 30 at the NCAA meet, this year's All-America Team consists of 37 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