SIOUX FALLS – South Dakota third-year sophomore Abrielle Jirele and fourth-year junior Charlie Babcock have been named to the Summit League Cross Country Academic All-Summit teams.
 
Babcock, a native of Forest Lake, Minnesota, earns Academic All-Summit honors for the second time in his career. He ran a personal best of 24:30.5 over 8,000-meters at the Summit League Championships. Babcock owns a 3.98 grade-point average as a medical biology major.
 
Jirele, who hails from Eden Prairie, Minnesota, makes her first appearance on the exclusive list. Jirele was the lead runner for the Coyotes at the Summit League championships with a 15^th-place effort of 21:01.9 over 6,000-meters. She was the first runner across the line for South Dakota at the NCAA Regionals with a 21:21.1 clocking. She owns a 4.0 GPA as a communication sciences and disorders major.
 
 
2022 SUMMIT LEAGUE MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY ACADEMIC ALL-LEAGUE TEAM

Name	School	Year	Hometown	GPA	Major
Charlie Babcock**	South Dakota	Jr.	Forest Lake, Minn.	3.98	Medical Biology
Tom Breuckman***	South Dakota State	Sr.	Andover, Minn.	3.94	Mechanical Engineering
Daniel Burkhalter**	South Dakota State	Jr.	Prairie City, S.D.	4.00	Statistics
Caleb Feuerbacher	Kansas City	Sr.	Maryville, Mo.	3.96	Medicine MD
Zach Haire**	St. Thomas	R-Jr.	Breckenridge, Minn.	3.99	Financial Management
Luke Labatte	North Dakota	Jr.	Inver Grove Heights, Minn.	3.83	Commercial Aviation

 
2022 SUMMIT LEAGUE WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY ACADEMIC ALL-LEAGUE TEAM

Name	School	Year	Hometown	GPA	Major
McKenzie Burian**	North Dakota	Sr.	Fargo, N.D.	4.0	Biology Professional Health
Abrielle Jirele	South Dakota	So.	Eden Prairie, Minn.	4.0	Communication Sciences & Disorders
Jadyn Keeler	North Dakota	So.	Barrie, Ontario, Canada	4.0	Molecular and Integrative Biology
Grace Link	North Dakota State	So.	Plymouth, Minn.	3.85
Paulina Wuestefeld	Western Illinois	Gr.	Duderstadt, Germany	4.0	Psychology

 
*Career Cross Country Academic All-League honors