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LANCASTER, PA – Franklin & Marshall College’s Meredith Janeczek (So., Hershey, PA/Hershey) has been named to the NCAA Division III Cross Country Coaches Association All-Academic Team. To be named a member of the team, an athlete must have a 3.5 cumulative GPA and finish in the top 25% of the regional meet. She is the first F&M runner to earn All-Academic recognition since Erin Carlson ’01, Stephanie Stroud ’00 and Lorin Lafemina ’00 earned the award following the 1999 season. The team’s #1 runner for much of the season and the 2004 Franklin & Marshall Women’s Cross Country Most Valuable Runner, she closed out the season on November 13 at Allegheny College as Janeczek crossed the finish line in 23:35 to place 25th and earn All-Region honors as the Franklin & Marshall College women’s cross country team finished 11th of 43 teams at the NCAA Mid-East Region Championships. Historically, Janeczek became the first F&M harrier to earn All-Region honors since Carlson, Stroud and Lafemina earned All-Region honors at the 1999 Regional Championships while leading the Diplomats to a fifth place finish. At the 2004 Centennial Conference Championship race hosted by McDaniel College on October 30, Janeczek crossed the finish line in 23:39 over the six-kilometer course to earn All-Centennial Conference honors and lead the Diplomats to a sixth place finish. The finish marked the sixth best finish by an F&M team since the inaugural CC championship race in 1993. The placement also snapped a four year streak of ninth place finishes by F&M (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003) as the Diplomats have finished third (1999), fifth (1993, 1995, 1996, 1998), sixth (1994, 1997, 2004) and ninth since the Conference’s first championship race. Historically, she became the first All-Centennial Conference selection for F&M in cross country since Carlson placed seventh at the 1999 championship race. Further, her finish marked the highest by a Franklin & Marshall women’s harrier since Jamie Kendig won the 1994 individual championship. At the Goucher College Invitational on October 9, Janeczek finished first in 19:54.45 as the Franklin & Marshall College women's cross country team totaled 30 points to win the invitational. The meet was historical for the Diplomats as it marked the first invitational win by a Franklin & Marshall College women's cross country team since 1993 when F&M won the Salisbury University Tidewater Invitational on October 16 and the Little Three Championships (F&M 27, Gettysburg 30/ F&M 25, Dickinson 30) on November 3. Individually, Janeczek's victory marked her second of the season as crossed the finish line in 24:05 over the six-kilometer course at the McDaniel Invitational to finish first. Her pair of victories marked the first time an F&M women's cross country runner finished first in two invitationals in the same season since Jamie Kendig '96 accomplished the feat at the Davis & Elkins (21:17) and Dickinson (18:45) Invitationals during the 1994 season. Overall, Janeczek was one of seven Centennial Conference runners named to the Academic All-America team joining Dickinson’s Emily Hulme, Andrea Pope and Joanna Sullivan and Haverford’s Clara Sheets, Prentis Clark and Claire Facett. Franklin & Marshall finished the season ranked #12 in final NCAA Mid-East Region Women's Cross Country Coaches Poll.
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