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McKenzie Altmayer Named Academic All-American

McKenzie Altmayer of the Bradley cross country and track teams continues to excel in competition and in the classroom and on Thursday, she named to the Academic All-America Women's Track & Field/Cross Country Third Team, presented by CoSIDA.

A graduate student at Bradley, Altmayer is one of just 46 student-athletes in the country to receive the prestigious award. It also marks the seventh time in school history that a runner has received the honor with six of the recipients occurring in the last six years.

Altmayer led the Bradley women on the cross country course during the 2020-21 campaign, placing sixth at the Missouri Valley Conference Championship to earn all-league honors for the third time during her career.