By: By: Bill Morgal, Sports Information Director
USTFCCCA Release
NEW ORLEANS – Senior
Neely Spence, the 2011 NCAA Division II Women's Cross Country national individual champion, was named the 2011 USTFCCCA Division II Cross Country Female Athlete of the Year on Tuesday. It is the second straight year that she has been honored with this award.
Spence won her second consecutive Division II national championship on a snowy, windy and frigid morning on Saturday from the Plantes Ferry Athletic Complex in Spokane, Washington with a 13-second victory over the field and a 6K time of 20:53.
She concludes her collegiate cross country career as a two-time Division II national champion, three-time Division II All-American, four-time NCAA Atlantic Region champion and a four-time PSAC champion. She led for the majority of the race, gradually expanding her lead as she progressed toward the finish line.
