WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS
CROSS COUNTRY • The Mountaineers saw action in four regular-season meets, along with the Big 12 Championship, NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional and NCAA Championships • WVU finished third at the 2021 Big 12 Championship in Stillwater, Oklahoma, where Ceili McCabe was the first Mountaineer in program history to win the Big 12 individual title • McCabe, fifth-year senior Sylvia Russell and redshirt senior Mikaela Lucki finished inside the top-15 at the conference meet to earn All-Big 12 honors; the honor was the third for McCabe and first for Russell and Lucki • At the Mid-Atlantic Regional in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, the squad earned an automatic bid to Nationals after finishing in second • McCabe took first at regionals and was one of five Mountaineers to finish inside the top 25 to collect All-Mid-Atlantic Region honors, along with Russell, Lucki, redshirt junior Katherine Dowie and fifth-year senior Hayley Jackson • The Mountaineers finished in 21st at the NCAA Championships in Tallahassee, Fla. • McCabe placed third at Nationals and earned All-America honors. Her finish was the highest by a Mountaineer at Nationals • McCabe was named the National Athlete of the Week and was the first Mountaineer to be named since 2013. She was then named the Mid-Atlantic Region Athlete of the Year and Big 12 Women’s Runner of the Year • Coach Sean Cleary was named the Mid-Atlantic Regional Coach of the Year for the sixth time in his career • Eight members of the squad were awarded Academic All-Big 12 First Team honor • The team was ranked No. 1 in the Mid-Atlantic Region United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) weekly rankings (Oct. 19)
AUBRIE CUSTER • Big 12 Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll
KATHERINE DOWIE • All-Mid-Atlantic Region • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Big 12 Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll CEILI MCCABE
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