Amy Skieresz

University of Arizona runner Amy Skieresz’s style was to grab the lead early and keep it. Last fall, Skieresz was named the Pac-12’s Women’s Cross Country Runner of the Century.

 James S. Wood / Arizona Daily Star 1996

The Pac-12 brought Arizona’s four-time Pac-10 women’s cross country champion Amy Skieresz Wilson to Tucson on Friday to be part of the medal ceremony following the league’s men’s and women’s cross country championships at Randolph Golf Complex. Too bad Amy is out of eligibility. Arizona’s men’s team finished ninth, and the UA women’s team was eighth.

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