Woods Named Performer of the Year, Cross Country Combines for Six All-Conference Runners

By: Dana Relation
Sports Information Assistant
relatdm10@juniata.edu• juniatasports.net
Photo: Jen Jones

TOWSON, Md. – At the conclusion of the 2013 Landmark Conference Championship meet last Saturday, six Juniata cross country runners received All-Landmark honors. Senior Katrina Woods (Shirleysburg, Pa./Mount Union) was officially named the Women's Performer of the Year today.

Woods is the first Juniata runner to be named Performer of the Year, and she did so in unanimous fashion. She won the Landmark Championship race after finishing as runner-up last year. She is now a four-time All-Landmark honoree, earning an appearance on the First Team in each of the last three seasons. Woods also set the Juniata and Landmark 6K record earlier this year on Sept. 21 at the Lock Haven Invitational.

On the men's side, senior Nate Alter (Pittsburgh, Pa./Taylor Allderdice) was named to the First Team after finishing sixth overall in the race. Alter finished his Landmark cross country career as a four-time All-Landmark selection. Four members of the men's cross country team earned Second Team honors.

The top seven finishers in each race claim First Team All-Conference honors while the runners finishing eighth through 14th earn Second Team honors.

Juniata will have a week off before returning to action at the NCAA Mideast Regional meet hosted by Muhlenberg College at Lehigh University on Saturday, Nov. 16. The women's 6K championship race kicks off at 11 a.m., with the men's 8K race following at 12:30 p.m.

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