Upland resident recognized for running achievement
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics has named Tina Marie Soto, of Upland, as a 2010 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athlete.
Soto attends Dickinson State University in North Dakota.
Student athletes must have a grade point average of 3.5 or better and be at least a junior academically to qualify for the honor.
Soto had an outstanding senior cross country season for Blue Hawks and earned DAC All-Conference honors by virtue of her 13th place finish at the DAC Conference Championships.
She was nominated for NAIA National Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week Honors for Oct. 11-17.
She was also named runner of the week for Oct. 18-24.
Soto's best race of the season and career was an 18:23 5K at the MSU-Billings Invitational, in which she led the Hawks to a defeat of 32nd nationally ranked Rocky Mountain College.
Soto is majoring in elementary education and is minoring in coaching. She is prepping for her final track and field campaign this spring.
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