SUU's Levins, Platt Earn Cross Country Weekly Awards
MEN
Cam
Levins, Southern Utah
Fr.,
Black Creek, British Columbia/G.P. Vanier
Levins
takes home the Summit League Men's Cross Country Athlete of the
Week award after finishing sixth out of 195 runners last weekend at
the UC Irvine Invitational. He crossed the line in 24:44, the
fastest 8K time in the Summit League this season. The freshman
helped his Thunderbird teammates place second out of 20 teams
competing in the invitational.
(Also
nominated: Brad Wheeler, IUPUI; Justin Battle, Oakland; Andrew Van
Nurden, South Dakota State; Challas Ray, Western
Illinois).
(Previous
honorees: Sept. 5 - Brad Wheeler, IUPUI).
WOMEN
Sharla
Platt, Southern Utah
Jr.,
Newcastle, Utah/Enterprise
Platt
earns the Female Athlete of the Week award after posting a time of
17:57 in the 5K UC Irvine Invitational last weekend, which
propelled her into third place at the race. She helped pace
Southern Utah to a fourth-place finish out of 12 women's teams. In
addition, her time is the fastest time by 30 seconds thus far in
the Summit League.
(Also
nominated: Brittney McDuffee, IUPUI; Beth Whalen, Western
Illinois).
(Previous
honorees: Sept. 5 - Faithy Kamangila, Oral
Roberts).
