Plethora of All-SEC Honors Awarded to Cross Country Following SEC Championships

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – After claiming a pair of top-two team finishes at the Southeastern Conference Championships for the second time in three years, Alabama cross country saw nine of its runners accumulate a total of 14 All-SEC honors, the league office announced Monday.

All five scoring runners for the Crimson Tide men landed on an All-SEC Team, while the UA women's SEC Championship team had four of its five scoring contingent achieve the feat. All nine runners would earn either first or third team recognition, with five also claiming all-freshman team honors.

Runners earn first-team recognition, for both genders, by finishing in the top seven at the conference championships. Runners 8-14 make up the second team, while student-athletes who place 15-21 represent the third team. The top-seven freshmen finishers, in each race, earn all-freshman honors.

Alabama's First Team All-SEC Honorees

After capturing her first career SEC cross country title, Doris Lemngole secured first-team honors after setting a new course record of 18:20.3 on her way to the women's 6k race title
In her first SEC cross country championship meet, Brenda Tuwei set a PR to take fourth, clocking 18:48.1. The feat solidified UA as the only school with two runners in the top five.
Victor Kiprop collected first-team accolades after successfully clocking his third consecutive top-two finish in the men's SEC 8k race. Kiprop's silver medal time was 22:07.2.
In his first conference championship meet, Dismus Lokira earned first-team honors after recording a fourth-place individual finish, crossing the line in 22:17.1
Rounding out the list of first-team honorees for Alabama was Dennis Kipruto who took sixth at his first-ever SEC Cross Country Championships, via a 22:37.9 performance

Alabama's Third Team All-SEC Honorees

In her first conference championship meet, Pheline Mining finished 15^th, behind a 19:45.8 run in the women's 6k race, to garner third-team honors
Freshman Addison Dorenkamp captured third-team recognition after running 19:48.5 to take 19^th in her first SEC Championship
On the men's side, Hillary Cheruiyot accumulated third-team honors after clocking a 19^th place, 23:09.8 finish in the 8k race
Rounding out the list of third-team honorees for Alabama was Hudson Hurst who finished 21^st, crossing the line in 23:14.6

Alabama's SEC All-Freshman Team Honorees

The women's SEC Championship team accounted for three of the top-seven finishes, by a freshman, in the women's 6k race, as Dorenkamp, Mining and Tuwei all received SEC All-Freshman accolades
Additionally, Kipruto and Lokira gathered SEC All-Freshman honors for clocking two of the top-seven times by any freshman the men's 8k race

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