STANFORD, Calif. – Eight Stanford runners were named to the All-Academic cross country team by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
From the Pac-12 champion Stanford women's team, Ella Donaghu, Julia Heymach, Fiona O'Keeffe, and Jordan Oakes earned the distinction.
The Pac-12 champion Cardinal, which also won the NCAA West Regional and placed third at the NCAA Championships, had a team grade-point average of 3.68 and was among from 237 from NCAA Division I to earn Team Academic honors. Only 18 women's teams had a higher combined GPA.
Steven Fahy, Alex Ostberg, Alek Parsons, and Thomas Ratcliffe of the NCAA's sixth-place men's team also received All-Academic honors.
The men's team had a team GPA of 3.45 and was among 191 men's Division I programs to receive Team Academic honors for having a combined team GPA of 3.0 or above.
This is the fourth cross country All-Academic honor for O'Keeffe, the Pac-12 individual champion, and third for Fahy, Ostberg and Parsons. O'Keeffe also is a four-time cross country All-American.
To qualify, runners must have earned All-America honors at the NCAA Championships (top 40) or placed among the top 25 at an NCAA regional, and have a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.3.
Here is the Stanford list:
Men
Steven Fahy, graduate, human biology.
Alex Ostberg, 5th sr., human biology.
Alek Parsons, RS jr., environmental systems engineering.
Thomas Ratcliffe, RS jr. economics.
Women
Ella Donaghu, RS jr., human biology.
Julia Heymach, jr., public policy.
Fiona O'Keeffe, jr., Earth systems.
Jordan Oakes, jr., international relations.