SUU's Currell, Platt Sweep Weekly Cross Country Awards

11/14/2007 12:00:00 AM

MEN

Mark Currell, Southern Utah

Sr., Selah, Wash./Spokane Falls CC
Currell captures his fourth Cross Country Male Athlete of the Week award this season after running a 31:33 10K time at the NCAA Mountain Regionals in Ogden, Utah last week. That time was good enough for 31st place in the 106 competitor race. He finished in the top one-third of the race and ran the second fastest time on the Ogden course in SUU school history.

Also nominated: Brad Wheeler, IUPUI; Jimmy Keown, UMKC.

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; Oct. 16 - Mark Curell, SUU; Oct. 30 - Mark Currell.

WOMEN

Sharla Platt, Southern Utah

Jr., Newcastle, Utah/Enterprise HS
Platt earns her second Cross Country Female Athlete of the Week award after receiving SUU's first ever female at-large individual selection into the NCAA Championships. It marks the first time ever an SUU female runner has qualified for the championships. Her time of 21:27 placed her 18th in the field of 118 runners at the NCAA Mountain Regionals. It was the second-best place by a Thunderbird runner at a NCAA regional competition in school history.

Also nominated: Crystina Martinez, IPFW; Brittney McDuffee, IUPUI; 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; Oct. 16 - Faithy Kamangila, ORU; Oct. 30 - Faithy Kamangila.