Neale, Prouse Pick Up Pac-12 Awards
November 01, 2016 | Cross Country
After missing two cross country seasons and one track season, Neale got back into action on the track back in the 2016 indoor season, and by the end of outdoor track she had made the NCAA final at 1,500-meters. She has carried that momentum into her first season back on the cross country courses since 2013, and solidified herself as one of the top distance runners in the NCAA. She becomes just the second Husky to win Pac-12 Athlete of the Year honors, joining Kendra Schaaf, who won the award in both 2008 and 2009.
Prouse has made a big leap thus far in her sophomore season. Coming off a summer where she made the World Junior Championships finals in the steeplechase, setting a Canadian Junior National Record in the process, Prouse has ran up front for UW all season, winning the Sundodger and Washington Invitationals, and placing right behind Neale at Wisconsin as the two led the Huskies to the team title. Prouse finished sixth at the Pac-12 Championships after setting the pace for much of the race. It's the first All-Pac-12 honor for both Neale and Prouse.
Washington's women's and men's teams will both be racing next at West Regionals, set for Sacramento on Nov. 11.
2016 PAC-12 CROSS COUNTRY HONORS*
MEN'S ALL-PAC-12
First Team
Edward Cheserek, Sr., Oregon
Grant Fisher, So., Stanford
Ben Saarel, Sr., Colorado
Zach Perrin, Jr., Colorado
Ferdinand Edman, Sr., UCLA
John Dressel, So., Colorado
Sean McGorty, Sr., Stanford
Second Team
Thomas Ratcliffe, Fr., Stanford
Ryan Forsyth, So., Colorado
Jonah Diaz, Sr., UCLA
Collin Burke, Fr., UCLA
Austin O'Neil, Sr., UCLA
Travis Neuman, Jr., Oregon
Garrett Sweatt, Sr., Stanford
Men's Athlete of the Year
Edward Cheserek, Sr., Oregon
Men's Freshman of the Year
Thomas Ratcliffe, Fr., Stanford
Men's Coach of the Year
Mark Wetmore, Colorado
WOMEN'S ALL-PAC-12
First Team
Kaitlyn Benner, Jr., Colorado
Erin Clark, Sr., Colorado
Dani Jones, So., Colorado
Bethan Knights, Jr., California
Amy-Eloise Neale, Jr., Washington
Charlotte Prouse, So., Washington
Katie Rainsberger, Fr., Oregon
Second Team
Christina Aragon, Fr., Stanford
Alli Cash, Jr., Oregon
Vanessa Fraser, Jr., Stanford
Makena Morley, So., Colorado
Grayson Murphy, Jr., Utah
Fiona O'Keeffe, Fr., Stanford
Addi Zerrenner, So., Arizona
Women's Athlete of the Year
Amy-Eloise Neale, Jr., Washington
Women's Freshman of the Year
Katie Rainsberger, Fr., Oregon
Women's Coach of the Year
Mark Wetmore, Colorado
* - All-Conference teams determined by order of finish at the Pac-12 Championships.
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