LACEY, Wash. – With the GNAC Championships right around the corner, five Saints earned GNAC All-Academic honors, led by four time selection Miguel De LaMelena and two time selection Jack Farrell.
 
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De LaMelena, a senior Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics major from Vancouver, Washington, finished with a 3.61 GPA and has a season-best time of 30:40 in the 8k.
 
Farrell, a junior Biology major from right here in Lacey earned his second selection and led the team with a 3.69 GPA. Farrell also led the team in the last meet with a PR time of 25:54 in the 8k.
 
Earning their first selections to the GNAC All-Academic team were three freshman Michael Harwell, Ian Kisamore and Cassidy Walchak-Sloan.
 
Harwell, an undeclared student from Freeland, Washington, recorded a 3.46 GPA, while Kisamore, an Information Systems major from Kalama, Washington posted a 3.52 GPA. Harwell set a PR in his last meet with a time of 26:56 in the 8k.
 
From the women's team, Walchak-Sloan, a Social Work major from Olympia, Washington earned a 3.47 GPA and has a 5k time of 19:25.
 
To qualify for the GNAC All-Academic Teams, presented by Barnes & Noble College, nominees must be of sophomore eligibility or greater, have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.20 or greater, be a letterwinner on their team and must be in their second year at the nominating institution.