MINOT, N.D. – With junior Paulette Dominguez leading the way, the Minot State cross county teams racked up academic honors as the United States Track and Field and Cross-Country Coaches Association announced its All-Academic Athletes and All-Academic Teams this week.

Both the Beaver men's and women's cross country teams were honored for the third straight year as USTFCCCA All-Academic Teams while Dominguez earned special recognition as an USTFCCA All-Academic Athlete.

Dominguez is a Management major from Aliso Viejo, California who finished 80^th at the NCAA Central Region Championships in 22 minutes, 44.62 seconds on the women's 6-kilometer course.

To be honored as an All-Academic Athlete a runner must maintain a 3.25 cumulative GPA or higher in all their classwork and finish in the Top 30 percent at their respective regional championship.

As for a team to be honored as an All-Academic Team, the cumulative team GPA must be 3.0 or higher for the fall semester and the team must score at their respective regional championship.

The Minot State men's team, which boasted a team GPA of 3.218 for the fall, finished 27th at the Central Region Championship with 742 points.
The Beaver women had a 3.23 fall team GPA and finished 20^th with 599 points at regionals.