FAYETTEVILLE, NC – The USA South Athletic Conference has announced its 2006 All-Conference Team and Peace sophomore Ashley Simms was named Honorable Mention, placing her in the top sixteen runners in the entire conference.

Simms, a second team pick in her first season at Peace, suffered numerous injuries and was only able to compete in three of the Pacers four meets this season, but still managed to gain recognition from the USA South Conference Sports Information Directors.


Simms, a Sophomore from Raleigh, scored her second consecutive honor from the USA South. As a First Year runner, Simms was named second team All USA South Conference after a very successful career at Millbrook High School. Simms also picked up the honor of Most Valuable Runner in her first season hitting the trails for the Pacers in 2005.

Simms placed 25th in the Campbell University 4000-meter run with a time of 18:41, 23rd in the Salem Cross Country Invitational with a time of 24:37, and in the top half of the Greensboro Cross Country Invitational 5K run with a time of 24:10.

The 2006 USA South Women's Cross Country All-Conference Teams follow:

First Team
Beth Bartelmes - Christopher Newport
Ashley Ezell - Christopher Newport
Amanda Fitzhugh - Christopher Newport
Jordan Joyce - Greensboro
Krystal Patton - Methodist
Megan Roberts - Christopher Newport
Amy Wampler - Christopher Newport Second Team
Sarah Carruthers - Shenandoah
Emily Hetrick - Averett
Heather Kochel - Shenandoah
Renee Krueger - Shenandoah
Niina Marttila - Averett
Kristen Melton - Shenandoah
Brooke Rowe - Christopher Newport

Honorable Mention
Ashley Simms - Peace
Kelly Wright - Shenandoah