Monday, June 11, 2007

Christa Hutchinson Named to ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District Team

     GORHAM, Maine  --  Junior Christa Hutchinson (Gorham, Maine/Falmouth 
[Mass.] HS) of the University of Southern Maine women's track and field and 
cross country teams has been selected to the 2007 ESPN the Magazine Academic 
All-District One first team in the College Division as voted upon by members of 
the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
     Hutchinson is the third of three USM student-athletes to be recognized by 
CoSIDA during the 2006-07 academic year.  She joins women's basketball standout 
Ashley Marble and women's lacrosse player Virginia Flood as Academic All-
District honorees.  Hutchinson is a self-design major in international 
relations.
     During the 2006-07 year, Hutchinson served as one of team's four captains 
for the Huskies' indoor and outdoor track and field seasons.  In cross country, 
she was the team's top finisher in four of five events.  Her best time came in 
the Codfish Bowl Harrier Classic at Franklin Park in Boston when she covered the 
5,000-meter course in 20 minutes, 20 seconds.
     On the winter indoor circuit, Hutchinson won the 600 meters at the New 
England Alliance and Little East Conference Championships with her time of 
1:41.63, and also scored in the 1,000 meters (3:23.52) and the triple jump (32-9 
1/2).  She earned Division III All-New England honors a week later placing sixth 
in the 800 meters with a time of 2:21.50.  Hutchinson posted two personal best 
marks (600 and 800 meters) during the indoor campaign.
     Outdoors, Hutchinson had personal bests in the 400 meters with a time of 
1:02.27 at the Alliance/LEC Championships, in the 400-meter hurdles clocking 
1:07.30 during the team's spring Florida trip, and in the triple jump with a 
leap of 34-3 at the Aloha Relays held at Bowdoin College.
     To be eligible for ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America® nomination by 
their respective institution, a student-athlete must carry a 3.2 minimum 
cumulative grade point average, be of sophomore standing (no freshman or first-
year transfers), and be a starter or important reserve.
     The College Sports Information Directors of America selects Academic All-
America® teams in 12 programs: football, women's volleyball, men's soccer, 
women's soccer, men's basketball, women's basketball, baseball, softball, men's 
track and field/cross country, women's track and field/cross country, men's at-
large and women's at large.


ESPN THE MAGAZINE ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA TEAM®
As Selected by CoSIDA

2007 Academic All-District Women's Track and Field/Cross Country Team
District One - College Division

 FIRST TEAM 
Name                   School                  Class                    Hometown
GPA/Major(s)
Christina Acquaviva    CORTLAND                Senior                Utica, N.Y.
3.34/Adolescent education, biology
Rachel Blaisiak        ITHACA                  Senior          Chapel Hill, N.C.
3.79/Biology
Jennifer Caban         BATES                   Senior             Bedford, Mass.
3.72/Environmental studies
Anjuli Cherukuri       ROCHESTER               Junior     Salisbury Center, N.Y.
3.93/Biology
Ellen Davis            WESLEYAN                Senior             Marshall, N.C.
3.48/Women's studies
Christa Hutchinson     SOUTHERN MAINE          Junior              Gorham, Maine
4.00/Self-designed (Int'l relations)
Megan Murphy           WORCESTER POLY          Senior              Perkasie, Pa.
3.90/Biomedical engineering
Kaitlin O'Sullivan     ONEONTA STATE           Senior             Syracuse, N.Y.
3.55/French
Jenelle Orosz          BUFFALO STATE           Junior      North Tonawanda, N.Y.
3.93/Secondary English education
Alison Spivak          ITHACA                  Junior           Staatsburg, N.Y.
3.90/Clinical health studies, physical therapy
Felicia Tsai           RENSSELAER              Senior                 Olney, Md.
3.48/Chemistry

 SECOND TEAM 
Name                   School                  Class                    Hometown
GPA/Major(s)
Rachel Bennek          HAMILTON                Senior             Clermont, N.Y.
3.75/Mathematics
Jessica Borsatti       SPRINGFIELD (MA)        Junior         Northampton, Mass.
3.92/Physician's assistant
Allison Busby          PLATTSBURGH STATE       Junior               Vestal, N.Y.
3.94/Nutrition
Dana DeIngenis         STONEHILL               Senior             Cranston, R.I.
3.68/Psychology
Jennifer Dias          RENSSELAER              Senior             Taunton, Mass.
3.23/Biomedical engineering
Breanne Lucy           KEENE STATE             Senior                Keene, N.H.
3.52/Elementary education
Kathryn Moore          BATES                   Senior               Pelham, N.H.
3.40/Biology
Leanne Nygaard         MASS.-DARTMOUTH         Junior              Medway, Mass.
4.00/Nursing
Nicole Plante          MASS.-LOWELL            Senior         North Adams, Mass.
3.22/Nursing
Brittni Stewart        COLBY-SAWYER            Senior           Northfield, N.H.
3.52/ESS, sport management
Autumn Swan            HARTWICK                Senior             Lewisburg, Pa.
3.77/Biology


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