Date Posted: 11/20/2006

TERRE HAUTE, Ind.—Campbell University senior Alicia Valtin placed 73rd in a field of 253 runners at the NCAA Cross Country Championship Monday afternoon hosted by Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Ind.

Valtin, a Sanford, N.C. native, is just the second Campbell runner to qualify for the NCAA Championships since the Camels made the jump from the NAIA to NCAA in 1996.

Texas’ Sally Kipyego won the individual title finishing the 6K race 20:11.01 over 26 seconds ahead of her closest competition. Valtin finished just under two minutes off the pace crossing in 21:53.00, just 15 seconds off a top 50 finish.

The two-time Atlantic Sun Runner of the Year won four races each of the past two seasons and finished in the top 10 in all of her races except both NCAA Regionals and today’s NCAA Championship.

Stanford won the team title followed by Colorado, Michigan, Wisconsin and Arkansas.

Valtin was the lone runner from the Atlantic Sun Conference in the NCAA Championship race.

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