SMU runner earns All-America honor

[PonyPride]

SMU's Rachael Forish selected to 2006 NCAA All-America cross country team
Junior placed 35th at NCAA Championships

Nov. 22, 2006

DALLAS (SMU) - SMU junior Rachael Forish (Arlington, Texas) has been selected to the 2006 Division I Women's All-America Cross Country team as announced by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association on Tuesday. Forish placed 35th at the NCAA Cross Country Championships this past Monday.

The NCAA Division I All-America Cross Country Team consists of the top 30 finishers at the NCAA Championships plus an equal number of U.S. athletes displaced by non-U.S. citizens in the top 30. Since seven non-U.S. citizens finished in the top 30 at the NCAA meet, this year's All-America Team consists of 37 athletes.

2006 NCAA Division I Women's All-America Cross Country Team

Rachael Forish, Southern Methodist University
Sally Kipyego, Texas Tech University
Jennifer Barringer, University of Colorado
Lindsay Donaldson, Yale University
Arianna Lambie, Stanford University
Julia Lucas, North Carolina State University
Kassi Andersen, Brigham Young University
Aine Hoban, Providence College
Diane Nukuri, University of Iowa
Irene Kimaiyo, Texas Tech University
Alissa McKaig, Michigan State University
Julia Viellehner, Coastal Carolina University
Nicole Edwards, University of Michigan
Hanna Grinaker, University of Wisconsin
Emily McCabe, Duke University
Michelle Sikes, Wake Forest University
Liza Pasciuto, University of Colorado
Maddie McKeever, Duke University
Jessica Eldridge, University of Oklahoma
Ladia Albertson-Junkans, University of Minnesota
Emily Harrison, University of Virginia
McKayla Plank, Iona College
Brianna Felnagle, University of North Carolina
Katrina Rundhaug, University of Wisconsin
Jillian Sullivan , University of Connecticut
Kara Scanlin, University of Virginia
Bona Jones, North Carolina State University
Susan Kuijken, Florida State University
Angela Bizzarri, University of Illinois
Emily Brown, University of Minnesota
Racheal Machand, University of Iowa
Teresa McWalters, Stanford University
Lauren Christman, University of California Santa Barbara
Michelle Raferty, Michigan State University
Lisa Koll, Iowa State University
Brooke Upshaw, University of Arkansas
Mallory Chamapa, Boston College

[Big10Ponyfan]

Way to go Rachael. She is one of the best runners I have ever seen. She was top 10 twice at 5A state when she ran for Arlington Lamar and was back-to-back Region I champion in Lubbock. She has incredible endurance and negotiates hills very well.

The girl has definitely earned her scholarship here and will go down in running annals as one of the greats who ever ran for this University. We are very lucky to have her.