Men Pick Up USTFCCCA All-Academic Team Award
NEW ORLEANS - University of Colorado Colorado Springs men's indoor and outdoor track and field teams were one of five RMAC teams and one of 41 NCAA Division II teams to earn All-Academic honors from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. The Mountain Lions earned the award after a team cumulative grade point average of 3.00 or greater.
It's the second straight year and the third time overall for the UCCS men to earn the team honor from the coaches association. The Mountain Lions had the third-best grade point average among the five conference teams.
UCCS had four student-athletes named to the individual All-Academic teams released earlier. Matt Cameron, Mike English, Alan Ford and Jonathan Wright each had a cumulative grade point average of 3.25 or greater and reached a provisional or automatic qualifying mark during the track and field season.
UCCS joined Chadron State, Colorado Mines, Nebraska-Kearney and Western Colorado as RMAC teams to earn the honor. The conference ranked second among Division II conferences in total teams.
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 | Alan Ford | Sprints | Jr | |
 | Alan Ford | Sprints | So | |
 | Alan Ford | Sprints | Fr | |
 | Alan Ford | Sprints | Sr | |
 | Jonathan Wright | Sprints | Jr | |
 | Jonathan Wright | Sprints | Fr | |
 | Jonathan Wright | Sprints | So | |
 | Matt Cameron | Mid-Distance | ||
| Matt Cameron | |||
| Additional News Stories | |||
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| August 1, 2012 |  | Four Mountain Lion Men Earn Scholar-Athlete Honors | COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - UC-Colorado Springs student-athletes Matt Cameron, Mike English, Alan Ford and Jonathan Wright earned Scholar-Athlete honors from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association late last week. The Mountain Lion quartet were among the 164 NCAA Division II student-athletes to earn the honor. |
| May 11, 2012 |  | Men’s 4x400 meter relay captures RMAC title to lead the way for the Mountain Lions | Gunnison, CO: Like a postal carrier, the track & field team competes in all kinds of weather. During their three days at the RMAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Gunnison, Colorado, the Mountain Lions saw rain, snow, high winds, sunny skies, freezing temperatures and lastly in the 70’s. |
| May 1, 2012 |  | California to Kansas...and back again. | Getting things started for the mountain lions were several of the middle and long-distance squad who traveled to Lawrence, Kansas for the KU Relays. Despite swirling winds during the Thursday and Friday evening sessions of the three day meet, several of the UCCS runners recorded personal or season bests. Highlights from the meet included Alexa Urban running a season best in the 800 meters of 2:15.66 to rank her fifth in the RMAC. Ryan Derrick placed sixth among college runners in the 3000 meter steeplechase, Mike English was the seventh placing collegian in the 5000 meters with a time of 15:02.19 which is number five on the UCCS all-time performance list. |
| April 16, 2012 | | Mountain Lion Tracksters Find Mid-Season Form | The UCCS trackster’s have been busy covering the miles between meets in Albuquerque, Pueblo and Boulder over the past two weeks, setting numerous school records, season, and lifetime bests in the process. |
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