SUU's Currell, ORU's Kamangila Named Cross Country Athletes of the Week
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Mark
Currell, Southern Utah
Sr.,
Selah, Wash./Spokane Falls CC
Currell
garners Male Athlete of the Week honors after posting a 24:14 time
in the 8K NCAA Pre-Nationals race in Terre Haute, Ind. The time was
good enough for a top-quarter finish in the 273-athlete field, and
the top time for Southern Utah. His time was the second-fastest for
him this season and placed him in 65th at the race. As a team, the
Thunderbirds were 31st in the 40-team field.
Also
nominated: Brad Wheeler, IUPUI; Jimmy Keown, UMKC; Greg Liebl,
North Dakota State; Joseph Chebaibai, Oral Roberts; Challas Ray,
Western Illinois.
Previous
honorees: Sept. 5 - Brad Wheeler, IUPUI; Sept. 11 - Cam Levins,
SUU; Sept. 18 - Joseph Chebaibai, ORU; Sept. 25 - Hunter Paris,
IPFW; Oct. 2 - Mark Currell, SUU; Oct. 9 - Andrew Van Nurden,
SDSU.
WOMEN
Faithy
Kamangila, Oral Roberts
Sr., Hahare,
Zimbabwe/Kuwadzana
Kamangila
earns the Female Athlete of the Week award after placing 13th out
of 271 runners at the prestigious Arkansas Chile Pepper
Invitational. Her time of 21:23 in the 6K race put her ahead of all
runners from Alabama, Auburn, LSU, Texas, Tulane, Utah and
Vanderbilt. Kamangila
helped the Golden Eagles to a 19th-place finish out of 41 teams
competing.
Also
nominated: Brittney McDuffee, IUPUI; Sara Hiller, UMKC; Nora
Narloch, North Dakota State; Caitlin Berry, South Dakota State;
Sharla Platt, Southern Utah; Beth Whalen, Western
Illinois.
Previous
honorees: Sept. 5 - Faithy Kamangila, ORU; Sept. 11 - Sharla Platt,
SUU; Sept. 18 - Faithy Kamangila, ORU; Sept. 25 - Crystina
Martinez, IPFW; Oct. 2 - Nora Narloch, NDSU; Oct. 9 - Kayla Doan,
OU.
