Tara Hanley Selected to A-10 Cross Country All-Academic Team

RICHMOND, Va – On wednesday, November 18th, the Atlantic 10 Conference announced the men's and women's cross country all-academic team. Richmond senior Tara Hanley was one of seven women selected to the all-academic team.

Tara Hanley helped lead the Spiders to an A-10 Championship with a fourth place finish, that saw Richmond win the championship by one point. Hanley had an excellent senior years season; she had three top six finishes and was Richmond's top finisher in three of its six races.

Hanley's stand out performance was at the Wake Forest Cross Country Invitational where she finished in second place out of 106 runners in the 6K race with a time of 21:31.23.

Tara Hanley also performed in the classroom, she is majoring in PPEL (Philosophy, Politics, Economics and Law) with a concentration in politics. Her GPA over her entire career is 3.27.

For all of Tara Hanley's and the rest of the Richmond women's times this season click here.

The list in full from both teams were:

Men's Academic All-Conference Team

Ryan Phillips, Davidson

Daniel Samet, Davidson

Hunter Johnston, Dayton

Steven Flynn, George Mason

Ryan Tucker, George Washington

Paolo Tavares, Massachusetts

Dan Savage, Saint Joseph's

Women's Academic All-Conference Team

Jenna Gigliotti, Duquesne

Autumn Greba, Duquesne

Bailey Kolonich, George Mason

Morgan Szekely, La Salle

Heather MacLean, Massachusetts

Tara Hanley, Richmond

Isabel Leibfried, Saint Louis

For all the latest news and coverage on Richmond cross country and track & field, be sure to go to RichmondSpiders.com.

More in-depth coverage can be found by following head coach Steve Taylor on Twitter and by reading his blog. The Spiders also have their own Facebook and Instagram pages and have also launched their own YouTube Channel.

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