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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Sarah Hauck, 704 337-2585
haucks@queens.edu
Kanyaruhuru Named Indoor Track and Field All-American
Queens student-athlete captured the 5,000m title at the 2008 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championship
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Daniel Kanyaruhuru
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., (March 19, 2008) — Queens University of Charlotte track athlete Daniel Kanyaruhuru (Phoenix, Az./Paradise Valley) has been named a 2008 United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association’s (USTFCCCA) Men’s Division II Indoor Track and Field All-American as announced on March 16.
The announcement comes at the conclusion of the 2008 NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Championships that took place on March 14-15 in Mankato, Minn., at Minnesota State University-Mankato.
Kanyaruhuru captured the 5,000m title at the Championship with a time of 14:12.85.
Earlier this year Knayaruhuru was named an All-American in cross country for his fifth place finish at the 2007 NCAA Division II Cross Country Championship.
Queens University of Charlotte is a private, coed, Presbyterian-affiliated liberal arts university in the heart of historic Charlotte serving approximately 2,250 undergraduate and graduate students through its College of Arts & Sciences, McColl School of Business, The Pauline Lewis Hayworth College and the Presbyterian School of Nursing.
Queens University of Charlotte’s Sesquicentennial year, celebrated during the 2006-2007 academic year, marked the 20th anniversary of its Royals co-ed athletics program. Established in 1987, Queens’ NCAA Division II program continues to offer diverse, exciting, intercollegiate athletics competition to its student-athletes through its 16 men’s and women’s sports teams and 65-acre, state-of-the-art sports complex facility.
For more information, please visit www.queens.edu/athletics.
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