Kingsway’s Kylie Anicic, a senior at Edinboro, picked up two more All-America honors this weekend at the NCAA Division 2 Championships in Emporia, Kan.
Anicic placed 6th in the 10,000 in 35:14.59 on Thursday and 6th again on Saturday in the 5,000 in 16:53.67.
Anicic was 9th with a lap to go Saturday but closed in 71.17 and passed three runners to finish 6th and lock up her 7th All-America honor in track and cross country.
These were the final races of Anicic’s collegiate career, which saw her start out playing soccer at Temple, then running briefly for Towson before blossoming at Edinboro. During her Edinboro career, she competed in 18 PSAC races and won all 18.
Anicic has PRs of 4:30.52 for 1,500 meters, 9:27.55 for 3,000 meters, 16:14.07 in the 5,000 and 33:25.55 in the 10,000. The only other South Jersey high school alums to run that fast for all four events are Olympian Marielle Hall from Haddonfield and Erika Kemp from Rancocas Valley.
Anicic is only 5 ½ seconds off the B standard of 33:20.0 to qualify for the U.S. Olympic Trials in the 10,000.
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From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 