UVU campus briefs

CROSS COUNTRY: Utah Valley's Karinne Bentley and Jacob Buhler have been named to the 2010 CoSIDA ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District Men's and Women's Track Cross Country Team, as announced June 3 by the Academic All-America Committee. Both were District 8 Second Team selections.

Bentley, a senior from St. George, Utah, maintained a 3.89 GPA while studying Exercise Science during her four-year track and cross country career at UVU. Bentley was also one of the top distance runners for the Wolverines during her career. This past year, she placed third overall at the Great West Conference Cross Country Championships in the fall and just a couple of weeks ago finished third in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, fourth in the 5,000-meter run, and fifth in the 800 meters at the GWC Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

Buhler, a senior from Military, N.D., held a 3.72 GPA while majoring in Biology during his four years at UVU as well. Buhler who is also a distance runner that competed in both track and cross country had a huge senior year in both sports. Buhler was UVU's top finisher at the GWC Cross Country Championships as he placed second overall. He also shattered three distance school records in outdoor track as he broke the 3,000, 5,000, and 10,000-meter records. Buhler recently finished in second place in the 5,000- and 10,000-meter events at the GWC Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

Nominations and voting for the All-America programs are conducted by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

There is a University Division (Division I programs) and a College Division (DII, DIII, NAIA, NJCAA programs).

Three Academic All-District teams are chosen in each district, with those on the All-District first teams placed on the national ballot for Academic All-America consideration.