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Pacing all SCIAC runners, Pomona-Pitzer junior Alicia Freese earned
All-American honors at the 2008 NCAA Division III National Cross Country
Championships on Saturday, November 22. Freese finished 22nd in the women’s
race in the season-ending championship meet held at Hanover College in
southern Indiana.
In the team standings, Pomona-Pitzer finished 22nd with 462 points after
entering the meet ranked 26th in the nation. This was the team's first
appearance at nationals since 1982. A total of 32 teams competed in the
women’s meet, which was won by Middlebury with 179 points.
Freese clocked 21:32 over the 6000m (3.7 mile) course to become only the
second Pomona-Pitzer All American in the sport's history. Kelly Redfield
also finished 22nd at the National meet back in 1991.
Teammates finishing behind Freese for Pomona-Pitzer included senior Anna
Scharfen (84th, 22:19), senior Maddy Kieselhorst (128th, 22:40), junior Rose
Haag (195th, 23:17), junior Zoe Meyers (223rd (23:34), frosh Kayla Eland
(266th, 24:17) and frosh Shelley Chestler (268th, 24:20). A total of 279
runners completed the race, which was won by Bethel’s Marie Borner in 20:43.
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