Miles Batty of Byu, Bobby Torphy of Muhlenberg Top Capital One Academic All-America® Men’S Track & Field/Cross Country Teams
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CAPITAL ONE ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA® TEAM S ELECTED BY C O SIDA FOR RELEASE: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 – 10 a.m. (EDT) MILES BATTY OF BYU, BOBBY TORPHY OF MUHLENBERG TOP CAPITAL ONE ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA® MEN’S TRACK & FIELD/CROSS COUNTRY TEAMS TOWSON, Md. – Junior Miles Batty of nationally-ranked Brigham Young University and senior Bobby Torphy of Muhlenberg College headline the 2011 Capital One Academic All-America® Men’s Track & Field/Cross Country Teams, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Batty and Torphy have been chosen as the winners of the Academic All-America® of the Year award in the University and College Divisions, respectively. A Neuroscience and Exercise Science major with a 3.95 G.P.A., Batty was the NCAA Division I champion in the indoor mile. A member of the NCAA champion indoor distance medley relay team, he helped BYU finish third at the NCAA indoor championship meet. Honored as the NCAA Indoor Athlete of the Year, he was the Mountain West Conference champion in the indoor mile and the distance medley relay team. Named as the Mountain West Indoor Track Male Athlete of the Year, he won the MWC title in the 1500-meter outdoor run. Batty earned All-American honors when he finished seventh in the 1500-meter run at the NCAA Outdoor Championship Meet. The Mountain West individual cross country champion, he was honored as the Mountain West Cross Country Male Athlete of the Year. A three-time choice as the MWC Runner of the Week, the Sandy, Utah native ran second at the NCAA Mountain Regional Meet. At the NCAA Championship Meet, he finished 15th. A Biochemistry major with a 4.00 G.P.A., Torphy received an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship and was a two-time NCAA Elite 88 Award winner for Muhlenberg College. A two-time NCAA qualifier in both cross country and track, the native of Schnecksville, Pa. earned Division III All-America honors on the Mules’ fourth place Distance Medley Relay team. He was a two-time all-region performer in cross country. A 15-time Centennial Conference track & field medalist who earned four gold medals, Torphy set the school indoor 800-meters record and was a member of the record-breaking mile, 4x800 and Distance Medley relay teams. The Muhlenberg College Class of 2011 Valedictorian, he served a Cardiothoracic surgery internship and was a volunteer at the Lehigh Valley Hospital. He will attend medical school at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Batty is joined on the Capital One Academic All-America® Men’s Track & Field/Cross Country University Division first team by a trio of repeat first team selections, seniors Philip Adam of Rice University, Darius Law of Charlotte and Lee Ellis Moore of Mississippi. Adam is a three-time member of the Academic All- America® first team. Law was also a second team pick in 2009 while Moore earned third team notice in 2009. Moving up from the second team are seniors Peter Bolgert of Marquette and Christopher Lemon of Dayton while juniors Bjorn Barrefors of Nebraska and Nathan Corder of Alabama advanced from the 2010 third team. Stanford University was the only school to place three student-athletes on the Capital One Academic All- America® Men’s Track & Field/Cross Country University Division first team. Senior Elliott Heath, junior Chris Derrick, and junior Miles Unterreiner represented Stanford on the first team. Seniors Tim Burns of Loyola (Md.), Ryan Foster of Penn State, senior David Klech of Oregon and senior Scott Roth of Washington complete the Capital One Academic All-America® University Division first team. - more - Miles Batty, Bobby Torphy Top Capital One Academic All-America® Men’s Track & Cross Country Teams–page 2 The first three-time Conference USA decathlon champion, Adam had a 3.96 G.P.A. in Economics and Policy Studies with a Business minor. The Santa Maria, Cal. native claimed the 2011 C-USA decathlon title for Rice with an all-time best of 7,514 points. Adams placed 21st in the decathlon at the 2011 NCAA Division I Men’s Track & Field championships. The 2011 NCAA Division I Elite 88 Award winner, he graduated Magna Cum Laude and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. One of three finalists for the NCAA’s Walter Byers Scholarship, Law has a 4.0 G.P.A. in Management at Charlotte. The Most Outstanding Performer Award winner at the 2011 Atlantic 10 Men’s Indoor Track & Field Meet, he claimed three titles. A native of Raleigh, N.C., he won four Atlantic-10 outdoor titles, lifting his career total to 26, a school record. The 2011 Southeastern Conference champion in the 400-meter hurdles champion and an All-American, Moore earned a 3.94 G.P.A. majoring in Biology with a minor in Chemistry at Mississippi. A native of Cordova, Tenn., Moore is a two-time All-American and also anchored the nationally-ranked 4x400-meter relay team for Ole Miss. Honored as the 2011 SEC Track & Field Scholar-Athlete of the Year, he graduated in May and will attend medical school with three prestigious scholarships. He also received the Taylor Medal, the highest academic honor an Ole Miss student can achieve. A Mathematics and Physics major with a 3.98 G.P.A., Bolgert ranked among Marquette’s top five in every cross country race this year. A native of Sheboygan, Wis., he placed 46th at the BIG EAST Cross Country Championships. Bolgert ran the 1,200-meter leg of the distance medley relay that notched the second best time in school history at the 2011 BIG EAST Indoor Meet. A four-time BIG EAST All-Academic selection, he ranks in the top six at Marquette in the outdoor 1,500 and the steeplechase. The 2009 Atlantic 10 Conference cross country champion and the runner-up in 2010, Lemon had a 3.93 G.P.A. with an Education and Spanish double major at Dayton. A two-time Atlantic 10 Student-Athlete of the Year Award winner, the Bowling Green, Ohio native became the first Flyer to advance to the NCAA Men’s Cross Country Championships twice. He graduated with eight of the top 10 8K times at Dayton, and owns school records in the 10K, 3,000, 5,000 and 10,000-meter runs. Lemon is teaching in Mexico on a Fulbright Grant and is also a John W. Berry Scholar. An NCAA Elite 88 Award winner at the 2010 Indoor Track & Field Championships, Barrefors is a Computer Science major with a 3.76 G.P.A. at Nebraska. A native of Stockholm, Sweden, he won the 2011 Big 12 Conference heptathlon title for the Huskers and earned second team All-America honors in the event. He also placed 12th in the 2011 NCAA decathlon with a career-high 7,651 points. The Co-President of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, he was a 2010 recipient of the HERO Leadership Award. A Mathematics major with a 4.00 G.P.A., Corder was the winner of the Elite 88 Award at the 2010 NCAA Cross Country Championship Meet for Alabama. An All-American runner, he helped the Crimson Tide to an 11th place finish at the NCAA championships. The Pickerington, Ohio native was a member of two Southeastern Conference championship teams. A three-time SEC All-Academic honoree, he has the most community service hours for any Crimson Tide male athlete. Corder has served as Alabama’s SAAC Vice President and Secretary/Treasurer. The 2010 United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Scholar Athlete of the Year for cross country, Derrick is an Economics major with a 3.84 G.P.A. at Stanford. The 2010 Pacific-10 Conference champion in the 5,000 and 10,000-meter runs, he is a 10-time All-American, placing seventh, third and fifth at the NCAA Men’s Cross Country Championships. A native of Naperville, Ill., he was fourth in both the 5,000 and 10,000-meters at the 2011 NCAA Outdoor Meet. The former owner of the American Junior record in the 5,000-meter run is a three-time Pac-10 All-Academic performer. - more - Miles Batty, Bobby Torphy Top Capital One Academic All-America® Men’s Track & Cross Country Teams–page 3 The 2011 NCAA Indoor Track & Field 3,000-meter champion, Heath has a 3.57 G.P.A. with a Mechanical Engineering major at Stanford. A native of Winona, Minn., he was a seven-time All-American for the Cardinal and set the school’s indoor record in the 5,000 meters at the 2011 Husky Classic. Heath earned second team All-America honors at the 2011 NCAA Outdoor Meet. Named as the 2010 Pac-10 Cross Country Athlete of the Year, he ranks fourth all-time in both the 3,000-meter indoor run and 5,000-meter outdoor run. The Elite 88 Award winner at the 2011 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships, Unterreiner is a History major at Stanford with a perfect 4.00 G.P.A. The Gig Harbor, Wash., native placed 15th in the 5,000- meters at the NCAA Indoor Meet to earn second-team All-America honors. He also captured the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) 5,000-meter championship. Unterreiner placed ninth at the 2010 Pac-10 Cross Country championships to earn second team All-Pac-10 honors. A Mechanical Engineering major with a perfect 4.00 G.P.A., Burns earned Loyola’s Medal of Merit for combining athletic and academic success.