2015 USTFCCCA Division III Cross Country All-Region Honorees

NEW ORLEANS, La. -- Illinois Wesleyan senior Erin McCarey was chosen to the all-region NCAA Division III Cross Country squads, recognized on Monday, Nov. 16, by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) following last Saturday's NCAA regional championship meets.

A total of 560 student-athletes (280 men and 280 women) from 244 programs earned the distinction by finishing among the top 35 individuals at one of eight regional sites across the country.

McCarey earned her spot in the NCAA Division III national meet as an individual qualifier, finishing 12th at the Midwest Regional on Nov. 14 with a time of 21:35.9 on the 6K course. The NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships will be held Saturday, Nov. 21 at the Lake Breeze Golf Course in Winneconne, Wis.

There were five women's teams and four men's teams that landed all seven of their runners on the All-Region lists. Those women's teams are Atlantic champion Geneseo State, South/Southeast champion Emory, New England champion Williams, West runner-up Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and Mideast champion Johns Hopkins. Joining those women's teams with that distinction are the following men's teams – Mideast champion Haverford, West champion Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, West runner-up Pomona-Pitzer and Mideast third-place team Carnegie Mellon.

To break it down further, the men's All-Region list was dominated by runners from NESCAC teams. Out of the 35 runners who earned All-Region honors from their effort in the New England Region, 33 were from the NESCAC. The next closest conferences were the SCIAC (22) and WIAC (21). The top conference in the women's All-Region list was the UAA (25) with the NESCAC (23) close behind.