Mountain West Conference All-Academic American releases; Oct. 16,1999

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Title Mountain West Conference All-Academic American releases; Oct. 16,1999
Subject Cross Country; College sports; Athletics; Mountain West Conference
Description Cross Country meet statistics
Additional Information Head Coach: Mike Jones
Creator University of Utah, Athletics Department
Publisher Digitized by: Athletics Department, University of Utah
Date 1999-10-16
Format application/pdf
Identifier 1999.10.16_MWC-All-Academic-American-releases
Language eng
Sport Cross Country
Seasons 1999
Final Score Harrier Chris Merkely earned All-American honors, finishing 11th with a time of 30:45 at the NCAA Cross Country Championships hosted by the University of Indiana. Merkely's teammate Travis Hildebrand missed All-American status by a mere 10 spots, finishing in 31:30 and garnering 54th place, the top 44 were selected as All-Americans. Hildebrand followed with Merkely in the pack of top-30 runners until he was bumped and stumbled out of contention in the last mile. Both runners finished in the top quarter of the elite 255 runners. Johanna Nielsen competed in the women's field of 255 runners, placing 71st and crossing the finish line in 17:40. Nielsen unfortunately didn't have an aggressive start, dropping her to 180th in the first half-mile, but did, however, recover to surpass 109 runners for a strong finish.
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Setname uu_ath_2
ID 1432680
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6z656k8
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