MIAC Release
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Bethel University's
Marie Borner (Sr., Cottage Grove, Minn.) has been named the MIAC Women's Cross Country Most Valuable Athlete for the third year in a row.
No Bethel Royal runner has ever captured the award three straight years in the history of the program. Borner won the MIAC Championship on Oct. 31, with a time of of 21:43. She was the pacesetter from the very beginning and went on to win the race by 32 seconds.
Kristin Mork (Jr., Cambridge, Minn.) and
Heather Jelen (Sr., Sioux Falls, S.D.) also secured All-Conference honors by finishing 11th and 12th, respectively, at the MIAC Championship. The Royals have now placed three runners on the All-MIAC list in consecutive years.
The Bethel representative to the All-MIAC Sportsmanship team is
Michelle Benson (Jr., Traverse City, Mich.). Members of the All-MIAC Sportsmanship team are selected by their coaches and teammates as individuals who demonstrate ideals of positive sportsmanship both on and off the field of competition.
Borner and the Royals' next scheduled meet is the NCAA regional race in Grinnell, Iowa, on Nov. 14. Borner won the individual championship of the regional meet last season, and the women's team ran well enough to earn an at-large bid to the national meet.
