LACEY, Wash. – The Saint Martin's cross country team had five men's runners and six women receiving academic conference honors this season, led by three-time recipient Jack Farrell and two-time recipient Cassidy Walchak-Sloan.
 
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Walchak-Sloan, a sophomore social work major from Olympia, Washington finished with a 3.66 GPA and led the women's team as the only returner to the all-academic team with her first selection in the 2021 season.
 
Sophomore Alisha Saucedo, an elementary education major from Federal Way, Washington, led the women's team with the highest GPA of 3.93.
 
The rest of the women's team junior Abby Burton (3.89 GPA), junior Naomi Hartley (3.65 GPA), sophomore Kya Ramirez (3.65 GPA) and sophomore Sara Sabra (3.52 GPA) are all nursing majors. Burton hails from Medford, Oregon, Hartley is from Puyallup, Washington, Ramirez is from Yelm, Washington and Sabra came to the Saints from Lincoln, California.
 
On the men's team, Farrell, a senior biology/chemistry major from right here in Lacey, finished with a 3.70 GPA to earn his third GNAC academic honor.
 
Senior Lance Slichko, a graduate student from Puyallup, Washington in the engineering management and civil engineering programs held the team-high GPA with a 3.90.
 
Jaskaran Dhatt, a junior business administration major from Bellingham, Washington finished with a 3.21 GPA.
 
Sophomore Michael Harwell, a secondary education major from Freeland, Washington, finished with a 3.69 GPA for his second conference academic honor.
 
Kainalu Pagente, a sophomore civil engineering major from Pearl City, Hawaii, finished with a 3.27 GPA to round up the pack for the Saints academic honors.
 
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.