June 22, 2009
Amherst's Tropiano, Bates' Alexander Garner CoSIDA Academic All-America
HADLEY, Mass. - Seniors Elise Tropiano (Plainview, N.Y.) of Amherst and Isabel Alexander (Harvard, Mass.) of Bates were chosen by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) as members of the Women's Cross Country/Track & Field Academic All-America College Division Second Team, it was announced on Friday.

March 3, 2009
Amherst's Tropiano Named USTFCCCA Scholar-Athlete of the Year
NEW ORLEANS, La. – Amherst College senior Elise Tropiano has been named the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Women’s NCAA Division III Cross Country Scholar Athlete of the Year, the Association announced on Thursday, Feb. 26. Tropiano was the top finisher at the 2008 NESCAC Championship and was the runner-up at the NCAA meet last fall.

November 24, 2008
Cross Country Weekly Release #12
HADLEY, Mass. - Middlebury won its fifth NCAA Women’s Cross Country Championship over the weekend at Hanover College in Hanover, Ind. The Panthers placed first with a 179-point showing, 59 points ahead of second-place Calvin (237). Williams came in third with 240 points. Hamilton junior Peter Kosgei (Kapsabet, Kenya) took the men’s individual title at the 2008 NCAA Men’s Cross Country Championship. Kosgei, the two-time NESCAC Most Outstanding Performer, won his first national crown as he completed the 8-kilometer race in a course-record-setting time of 24:22.03.