WATERVILLE, Maine - Three SUNY Poly women's cross country runners received North Atlantic Conference (NAC) All-Conference and Season Award Recognition after a solid 2021 season. 

Senior Katherine Candels was named the 2021 Senior Scholar Athlete. The excerpt below is from the NAC All-Conference release.

"Katherine Candels is the 2021 NAC Women's Cross Country Senior Scholar Athlete. Candels is a four-year member of the US Air Force reserve and was named Airman of the Year for the Medical group in 2020. She volunteers at the Veterans Outreach Center and is in charge of physical fitness for the medical group at her Air National Guard base. She is also extremely involved in the nursing program at SUNY Poly. Currently, her average week involves eight hours at vaccine and COVID clinics and four hours of nursing leadership work. Incredibly, Candels also works 40 hours a week as a night shift critical care nurse at St. Elizabeth's Hospital. She does all of this while maintaining a 3.8 GPA pursuing a BS in Nursing and running with the SUNY Poly cross country team."

Lauren Phetteplace was a NAC First Team All-Conference recipient after finishing third overall at the NAC Championship Race.

Ruchika Kilaparty was named to the NAC Sportsmanship Team as the SUNY Poly Award recipient.

To view the NAC's All-Conference and Individual Award release for the 2021 season, CLICK HERE.

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