NJAC NEWS ARCHIVE

 2007-08

March 6, 2008


RUTGERS-CAMDEN'S ENGLAND NAMED TO THE USTFCCCA
CROSS COUNTRY ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM


DUAL MAJOR FRESHMAN HONORED FOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT


Rutgers-Camden freshman Robin England, a dual Accounting and Economics major who is an Honors College student, has been named to the 2007 NCAA Division III Women’s All-Academic Cross Country Team by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. She is one of only 203 Division III female student-athletes to receive the 2007 USTFCCCA All-Academic honors, representing 106 institutions across the nation.

To be eligible for the honor, a student-athlete must carry a minimum 3.5 cumulative grade point average and also finish in the top 25 percent of the field at their respective NCAA regional meet. England, a 4.0 student, finished 57th out of 255 runners at the NCAA Atlantic Regional Cross Country Championships Nov. 10 at New York’s Van Cortlandt Park.
 

England earned New Jersey Athletic Conference Women’s Cross Country Rookie Runner of the Week honors on Sept. 10 after leading the Lady Raptors’ squad in her first meet. She finished 12th out of 94 runners overall at the Lebanon Valley College Invitational (Sept. 8) and posted a 21:40.68 time over the 5,100-meter course in her collegiate debut.


She finished the cross country season earning All-NJAC Second Team honors after finishing ninth out of 46 runners at the conference championships Oct. 27. She posted a time of 24:28.01 in the 6K race, which was the second-fastest 6K time in program history at that time.
 

Two weeks later, England was one of two Rutgers-Camden runners breaking the program’s old 6K mark of 24:07.1 when she ran a 23:56.6 at the NCAA Atlantic Regionals Nov. 10.
 

Overall, England competed in all six invitationals for the Rutgers-Camden women, leading the team four times and finishing second twice.