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Augsburg men's and women's cross country teams earn Division III All-Academic Team recognition MEN'S
CROSS COUNTRY ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM -- CLICK HERE MINNEAPOLIS (2/27/08) -- For the second straight year and third time in the last five years, the Augsburg College men's and women's cross country teams earned Division III All-Academic Team recognition, as awarded by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, it was announced this week. Augsburg's women's cross country squad had a team grade-point-average of 3.43 (4.00 scale), while the Auggie men had a team GPA of 3.18. To be honored as an All-Academic Cross Country Team, teams needed a cumulative team GPA of at least 3.1. A total of 141 NCAA Division III women's cross country teams and 98 Division III men's teams earned All-Academic Team honors, out of the 390 Division III women's schools and 379 men's schools that sponsor the sport. Hamline had the top women's GPA in Division III (3.74), while the Massachusetts Institute of Technology topped the men's list (3.68). In addition to the team recognition, Augsburg men's cross country team member Brent Haglund (SO, Fridley, Minn.) earned USTFCCCA Men's All-Academic Team honors as an individual. Haglund is a youth and family ministry major with a 3.54 GPA. He also earned Academic All-Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference honors this season. To be eligible for the individual award, student-athletes must carry a minimum 3.50 GPA, while also finishing in the top 25 percent of the field at an NCAA regional meet. Haglund finished 39th as an individual at the 2007 MIAC championships (27:04.90 over 8,000 meters) and finished 20th at the 2007 NCAA Division III Central Regional with a personal-best 26:00 finish. Under head coach Dennis Barker, Augsburg's men's squad finished ninth at the 2007 MIAC championships and 15th at the NCAA Division III Central Regional, while the Auggie women finished 12th at the MIAC championships and 21st at the NCAA Division III Central Regional. Among MIAC schools, Augsburg was joined by Carleton, Concordia-Moorhead, Gustavus, Macalester, St. Mary's and St. Olaf as having both its men's and women's teams honored with All-Academic Team recognition. In addition, Hamline, St. Thomas, St. Catherine and St. Benedict earned women's team honors, while St. John's and Bethel also earned men's team honors. To return to Augsburg Cross Country, click here To return to Augsburg Athletics, click here Augsburg College, a college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, is a member of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III. This is
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