Thursday, March 25, 2021

PORTLAND, Ore. – Alaska Anchorage junior Jacob Moos and Simon Fraser junior Emily Chilton did not get the chance to run the course this season but they maintained excellence in their academic courses.

Moos and Chilton lead a total of 94 student-athletes named to the 2020-21 Great Northwest Athletic Conference Cross Country All-Academic Team, presented by Barnes & Noble College.

Forty-nine men and 45 women were named to the team, which honors academic excellence in the GNAC. Central Washington had the most honorees with 18, nine men and nine women.

Moos, from Galena, Alaska, has the only 4.00 GPA on the All-Academic Team as an aviation technology major. He placed 32nd for the Seawolves at the 2019 GNAC Cross Country Championships and finished 69th at the NCAA West Region Championships.

Chilton, from New Westminster, British Columbia, led the women’s team with a 3.99 GPA as a biomedical physiology major. She placed 25th for Simon Fraser at the 2019 GNAC Cross Country Championships and went on to place 96th at the NCAA West Regional Championships.

The men’s squad includes a total of nine student-athletes with a 3.70 GPA or higher while the women’s squad features 17 student-athletes with a 3.80 GPA or higher.

The women’s team has 22 repeat honorees including one four-time selection in Western Washington senior Talia Dreicer. The squad also includes four three-time honorees in Alaska seniors Hannah Deuling and Anja Maijala and Seattle Pacific seniors Dania Holmberg and Elizabeth Thompson.

The men’s team includes 20 repeat honorees and six three-time selections in Alaska senior Felix Kemboi, Saint Martin’s senior Miguel De LaMalena and junior Guillaume Tabary; Seattle Pacific senior Elius Graff and Western Oregon seniors Neal Cranston and Curt Knott.

To qualify for the GNAC All-Academic Teams, presented by Barnes & Noble College, nominees must be of sophomore eligibility or greater, have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.20 or greater, be a letterwinner on their team and must be in their second year at the nominating institution.