Michigan State University Athletics
Cross Country Freshman Earns Big Ten Honors
11/1/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Cross Country
Nov. 1, 2000
EAST LANSING, MICH. - Michigan State freshman Steve Padgett (Cincinnati, Ohio) was the only rookie to crack the top ten at the Big Ten Cross Country Championships, earning Big Ten Freshman of the Year honors. His sixth-place finish earned All-Big Ten First-Team honors.
Padgett is the Spartans first male runner to be named Big Ten Freshman of the Year since Anthony Hamm was a co-honoree in 1987. The top ten finish for Padgett was his fourth of the season and his time of 24:26 was a career-best.
Team champion Wisconsin's Jason Yanderhoof was named the men's Big Ten Cross Country Athlete of the Year, while runner-up Indiana's coach Robert Chapman was marked as the men's Big Ten Coach of the Year.
All-Big Ten First-Team
Jason Vanderhoof, Wisconsin Jared Cordes, Wisconsin Aaron Gillen, Indiana Mark Pija, Michigan Chris McGinness, Penn State Steve Padgett, Michigan State Ian Connor, Ohio State
All-Big Ten Second-Team
Will McComb, Minnesota Adam Wallace, Wisconsin Donovan Fellows, Purdue Chad Andrews, Indiana James Carney, Penn State J.J. O'Rilley, Ohio State Tim Keller, Wisconsin
