Saturday, November 22, 2014

Forsey Gains NCAA All-American Honors

Jillian Forsey finished her 2014 university cross-country season with a brilliant 14th place at the Division 1 NCAA Cross-Country Running Finals iTerre Haute, Indiana on Saturday.

Running in what is almost certainly the strongest university field in the world, the 19 year-old from Kippens covered the 6 kilometre course in 20 minutes 17.9 seconds. Her performance earned her All-American honours.

Forsey was the first Canadian finisher and led her team to an 8th place out of 31 teams. More than 250 runners completed the race

Story by Ray Will