ATLANTA – Eastern Kentucky cross country earned two individual selections to the 2022 ASUN All-Academic Team in graduate students Joan Tapias and Jone Zabaleta Larranaga, announced by the conference on Wednesday afternoon.
 
This is the second time that Tapias and Zabaleta Larranaga earned All-Academic Team honors, as they earned nods for outdoor track and field in the spring.
 
Tapias, a Barcelona, Spain native, earned a cumulative 3.79 GPA while pursuing an MBA at EKU. He dominated at the ASUN Cross Country Championships as he finished in ninth place with a personal-best 8K time of 23:48.30, earning All-ASUN Second Team honors.
 
Zabaleta Larranaga, a graduate runner from Basque County, Spain, produced a 4.0 GPA while pursuing her master's degree in Exercise and Sport Science at Eastern Kentucky. She led the EKU women as she finished in the top 8 in the 5K race in all four appearances this season. Zabaleta Larranaga earned All-ASUN First Team honors for the second consecutive season.
 
The Colonels compete in the NCAA Southeast Regional on Friday, Nov. 11 at E.P. "Tom" Sawyer State Park in Louisville. The women will run the 6K race at 11:00 am while the men will compete in the 10K race at 12:00 pm.