Mountain West Conference All-Academic American releases; Oct. 16,1999

Cross Country meet statisticsHead Coach: Mike JonesCross CountryHarrier Chris Merkely earned All-American honors, finishing 11th with a time of 30:45 at the NCAA Cross Country Championships hosted by the University of Indiana. Merkely's teammate Travis Hildebrand missed All-American status by a mere 10 spots, finishing in 31:30 and garnering 54th place, the top 44 were selected as All-Americans. Hildebrand followed with Merkely in the pack of top-30 runners until he was bumped and stumbled out of contention in the last mile. Both runners finished in the top quarter of the elite 255 runners. Johanna Nielsen competed in the women's field of 255 runners, placing 71st and crossing the finish line in 17:40. Nielsen unfortunately didn't have an aggressive start, dropping her to 180th in the first half-mile, but did, however, recover to surpass 109 runners for a strong finish