PHILADELPHIA – Senior Andrew Sturner has been named the 2011 Philadelphia Inquirer/Philly-SIDA Academic All-Area Men's Cross Country Team's Performer of the Year. He is joined on the squad by senior teammate Eric Arnold. The all-area team is voted on by the sports information offices of the 28 institutions from within the Philadelphia metropolitan area which compose the Philadelphia Area Sports Information Directors Association (Philly-SIDA).

Sturner and Arnold earn academic all-area cross country honors for the first time in their careers after earning inclusion on the Centennial Conference academic honor roll three times each. The pair also represent the only institution to have more than one runner on the 2011 seven-man all-area squad.

Sturner ran to All-America status with a 31st-place finish at the 2011 NCAA Divsion III championship meet. In addition to his academic all-area honor, Sturner's postseason includes earning first-team all-conference and All-Mideast region honors. He placed 10th at the region meet and fifth in the Centennial championship race.

Arnold was also a first-team all-Centennial and All-Mideast region performer. He was the individual runner-up at the region meet by less than a stride and finished fourth overall in the conference race before closing out the season with a 43rd-place finish at the NCAA championship meet.

The senior duo helped Haverford to team titles at the conference and region meets, and to a runner-up finish at the national meet.

2011 Philadelphia Inquirer/Philly-SIDA Academic All-Area Men's Cross Country Team