The 2006 Emory men's cross country team was a youthful squad that featured just two key contributing seniors on a 24-man roster.  While the youth and inexperience showed itself at various stages throughout the campaign, a number of bright prospects came through with outstanding efforts, promising to lay the groundwork for a solid future. 

The Eagles of Head Coach John Curtin took home one first-place finish, that coming at the Great American Cross Country Festival where it topped a 15-team field.  Emory saved its best team performance for the South/Southeast Region Championships where it recorded a third-place showing out of 21 squads, narrowly missing out on earning a bid to the NCAA Championships.

The Eagles were recognized by the National Track and Field & Cross Country Coaches Association as an All-Academic Team, posting a grade-point average of 3.41, 12th best among all NCAA Division III Schools.

Freshman Tommy Fyffe distinguished himself in his first season of competition and brought home University Athletic Association Rookie of the Year honors by virtue of his finish at the conference meet.  Fyffe finished among the Eagles' top five finishers in all six of his competitions highlighted by ranking as the team's No. 1 runner and fourth overall out of 152 entrants at the Region Championships, running the 8K course in a season-best time of 26:11.2.  Fyffe's showing that afternoon enabled him to earn one of two at-large bids awarded to Emory to the NCAA Division IIII Championships. 

Sophomore Vikram Srivastava, who made his mark as a freshman in 2005, continued his development and concluded the year by finishing among the squad's top five runners in all six of his competitions.  Srivastava earned the Eagles' other at-large NCAA Championships bid following his 13th-place effort overall at the Region Championships, crossing the line in 26:35.5

Senior Kile Krol closed out his career with a consistent season, finishing among the top five Eagle runners in four of his five competitions.  Krol, who paced Emory's effort at the Alabama Crimson Classic with a 26th-place finish out of 120 runners, ran a season-best 26:17 at the US-Oshkosh Invitational.  Krol earned All-Region honors after registering an 18th-place finish at the South/Southeast Region Championships.   

Rob Leventhal was the other Emory senior who capped off his career with top-five Eagle finishes in four of five events.  Leventhal's best finish was a ninth-place showing out of 109 competitors at the Great American Cross Country Festival. 

Junior Mike Rothbart enjoyed a fine season and set the stage for what appears to be an outstanding senior year.  Rothbart was Emory's top performer in two meets, the Great American Cross Country Festival and the UW-Oshkosh Invitational.  Rothbart's best time came at UW-Oshskosh (26:05) while his best finish came at the Great American with a sixth-place mark out of 109 harriers.

All-South/Southeast /Region
Tommy Fyffe                                                                Cincinnati, OH
Vikram Srivastava                                                        Chattanooga, TN
Kile Krol                                                                      Moline, IL
Bryan Forsyth                                                               Franklin, TN
Rob Leventhal                                                              Maitland, FL

All-UAA Rookie of the Year
Tommy Fyffe                                                                Cincinnati, OH

United States Track & Field And Cross Country Coaches Association Academic All-American
Bryan Forsyth
Tommy Fyffe