USTFCCCA Release

HANOVER, Ind. - Marie Borner (Jr., Cottage Grove, Minn.) has been named the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Division III Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Year.
    
Marie Borner.jpg" />Borner led the way for the Royals who finished 19th overall in their first ever trip to the NCAA Championships. Borner won the individual title by nine seconds covering the six-kilometer distance in 20 minutes, 43.91 seconds.

A two-time All-American, Borner won her last five meets of the season. From that point she went on to win the Central regional title and was named the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) Most Valuable Athlete for the second year in a row after taking home top honors at the conference meet earlier this year. Her win at the MIAC meet helped lead Bethel to their highest finish ever as a team at the meet (second).