2015-16 CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD/CROSS COUNTRY TEAMS
MINNEAPOLIS -- Augsburg College women's cross country/track and field athlete
Mary Cornelius (SR, Minnetonka, Minn./Hopkins HS) was named to the Academic All-District 6 Division III Women's Track and Field/Cross Country Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), it was announced on Thursday. Cornelius is an English major with a 4.00 grade-point average.
This season, Cornelius was Augsburg's No. 2 runner on the cross country squad, finishing in 34th place at the
2015 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championships (24:20.8 6,000 meters) and 88th place at the
NCAA Division III Central Regional (24:34.3). She recorded three top-50 finishes on the year, including a 44th-place finish at the
Wisconsin-La Crosse Invitational on Oct. 17 in a season-best 23:19.89. She was Augsburg's No. 2/3 runner throughout her cross country career, setting a personal-best 23:12.14 6,000-meter time in the 2013 season.
In track and field this season, Cornelius finished ninth in the mile run (5:22.34) and 12th in the 600-meter run (1:42.17) at the
2016 MIAC indoor championships, while just missing out on All-MIAC honorable-mention honors with a seventh-place finish in the 1,500-meter run (4:54.47) at the
2016 MIAC outdoor championships. She recorded top-20 finishes 12 times in MIAC individual and relay competition in her career, including a sixth-place, All-MIAC honorable-mention finish as part of the distance medley relay at the 2013 MIAC indoor championships.
She has earned Academic All-MIAC honors each of the last three years.
The Academic All-District team is part of theÂ
Academic All-America program, as selected byÂ
CoSIDA. Top student-athletes from Division III programs in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan are eligible for inclusion on the District 6 team. Student-athletes must have a grade-point average above 3.30 (4.0 scale) and have outstanding athletic credentials. College sports information directors in the district vote for the teams.Â
This is the fifth year of the expanded Academic All-America program, as CoSIDA has moved from recognizing a University Division (Division I) and a College Division (all non-Division I), doubling the number of scholar-athletes honored. The teams include NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II and NCAA Division III participants, while the College Division team combines NAIA, Canadian and two-year schools. First-team Academic All-District members advance to the Academic All-America ballot, voted on by a committee of CoSIDA members. The Division III Academic All-America program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division III national governance structure, to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2015-16 Division III Academic All-America teams program.
(Note: This release includes information taken from the CoSIDA Academic All-District release.)
