Eastern Michigan Athletics
Cross Country Programs Earn USTFCCCA All-Academic Honors
1/31/2025 1:49:00 PM | Men's XC, Women's XC
Each team earned the award as the EMU Athletic Department set a department record with a 3.438 cumulative GPA
YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) – The Eastern Michigan University cross country teams earned the United States Track and Field/Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic honors in a semester where the overall EMU Athletic Department Fall 2024 cumulative GPA reached 3.438, the highest in department history, with 72% of student athletes and 94% of teams above a 3.0 cumulative GPA.
A team must have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 in order to make the cut as a group. Eastern teams easily surpassed those requirements as the women's team posts a cumulative GPA of 3.554 and the men's squad holds a 3.454 cumulative GPA, good for second overall among EMU men's athletic teams. In the 2024 fall semester, 18 women earned a 3.0 GPA or better, and six tabbed a perfect 4.0. On the other hand, fourteen members of the men's squad posted above a 3.0 GPA or better in the fall term, with one member earning a perfect 4.0.
The honor for the teams comes after 13 individual student-athletes earned Academic All-MAC honors.
The Eagles' selections from the women's team consisted of Sophie Emin (Easton, Pa./Easton Area/Rutgers), Ella Garvin (Indianapolis, Ind./Pike), Marta Moreno (Wassenaar, Netherlands/American School of The Hague), Chloie Musta (Mesick, Mich./Cadillac), Laisette Rachal, Cara Weber (Union, Ky./Larry A. Ryle), and Anita Zaro (Timisoara, Romania/Faculty of Physical Education and Sport). Emin, Rachal, and Zaro received the award for the first time in their respective careers. Garvin and Weber did so for the second time, while Moreno and Musta were selected for the third time.
Eastern's male honorees included Ronan Codyre (Auckland, New Zealand/Macleans College), Ty Dailey (Phoenix, Md./Dulaney), Carson McCoy (Pittsburgh, Pa./Deer Lakes), Sam Peterson (Charlevoix, Mich./Charlevoix), Aaron Schwieterman (Miamisburg, Ohio/Miamisburg), Kian Wiles (Hull, England/St. Mary's College). Codyre, Dailey, McCoy, and Schwieterman received the award for the first time in their respective careers. Peterson and Wiles each collected the second honor of their respective collegiate cross country tenures.
Eastern's 13 Academic All-MAC honorees marked the largest amount since the programs combined to land 18 on the list following the 2018 campaign.
Up Next
EMU cross country athletes will participate as members of the EMU track and field programs at the Jet's Pizza Invitational, hosted by Saginaw Valley State at the SVSU Fieldhouse in University Center, Mich., Friday-Saturday, Jan. 31-Feb. 1. Athletes will also compete in the Meyo Invitational, hosted by Notre Dame at the Loftus Sports Center in South Bend, Ind., Friday-Saturday, Jan. 31-Feb. 1.
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For updates on all things EMU cross country/track & field, continue to check EMUEagles.com or follow the team on Instagram, X, and Facebook at @EMUXC_TF.
A team must have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 in order to make the cut as a group. Eastern teams easily surpassed those requirements as the women's team posts a cumulative GPA of 3.554 and the men's squad holds a 3.454 cumulative GPA, good for second overall among EMU men's athletic teams. In the 2024 fall semester, 18 women earned a 3.0 GPA or better, and six tabbed a perfect 4.0. On the other hand, fourteen members of the men's squad posted above a 3.0 GPA or better in the fall term, with one member earning a perfect 4.0.
The honor for the teams comes after 13 individual student-athletes earned Academic All-MAC honors.
The Eagles' selections from the women's team consisted of Sophie Emin (Easton, Pa./Easton Area/Rutgers), Ella Garvin (Indianapolis, Ind./Pike), Marta Moreno (Wassenaar, Netherlands/American School of The Hague), Chloie Musta (Mesick, Mich./Cadillac), Laisette Rachal, Cara Weber (Union, Ky./Larry A. Ryle), and Anita Zaro (Timisoara, Romania/Faculty of Physical Education and Sport). Emin, Rachal, and Zaro received the award for the first time in their respective careers. Garvin and Weber did so for the second time, while Moreno and Musta were selected for the third time.
Eastern's male honorees included Ronan Codyre (Auckland, New Zealand/Macleans College), Ty Dailey (Phoenix, Md./Dulaney), Carson McCoy (Pittsburgh, Pa./Deer Lakes), Sam Peterson (Charlevoix, Mich./Charlevoix), Aaron Schwieterman (Miamisburg, Ohio/Miamisburg), Kian Wiles (Hull, England/St. Mary's College). Codyre, Dailey, McCoy, and Schwieterman received the award for the first time in their respective careers. Peterson and Wiles each collected the second honor of their respective collegiate cross country tenures.
Eastern's 13 Academic All-MAC honorees marked the largest amount since the programs combined to land 18 on the list following the 2018 campaign.
Up Next
EMU cross country athletes will participate as members of the EMU track and field programs at the Jet's Pizza Invitational, hosted by Saginaw Valley State at the SVSU Fieldhouse in University Center, Mich., Friday-Saturday, Jan. 31-Feb. 1. Athletes will also compete in the Meyo Invitational, hosted by Notre Dame at the Loftus Sports Center in South Bend, Ind., Friday-Saturday, Jan. 31-Feb. 1.
Follow Us
For updates on all things EMU cross country/track & field, continue to check EMUEagles.com or follow the team on Instagram, X, and Facebook at @EMUXC_TF.
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