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Cross country standout Ecke earns All-American honors at NCAA meet


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Mississippi State's senior cross country track standout April Ecke ran the race of her lifetime in Bethlehem, Pa., in November.

The race was the 1993 NCAA Cross Country Championships, hosted by Lehigh University, and Ecke toured the 5K course with a career-best time of 17:02.1. The mark netted her an 18th place finish in a classy field of 180 runners. It also earned All-American honors for the Green Bay, Wis., native, a first for the Lady Bulldog cross country program.

"She ran a great race," said track coach Al Schmidt. "We wanted her to get out fast with the lead pack, and she did that, competing with the best runners in the country."

A two-time All-SEC performer, Ecke qualified for the national competition with a ninth- place finish in the NCAA District III Meet at Greenville, S.C., earlier that month.

Prior to the NCAA Championship Meet, Ecke had put together an impressive string of 14 top-10 finishes. Last fall, she posted individual championships at the Mississippi State Invitational and the Tulane Pelican Cup.



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