Oakland's Cassady and Jones Sweep Cross Country Weekly Honors
ELMHURST, Ill. - Oakland's Pat Cassady and Lia Jones were named
Summit League Cross Country Athletes of the Week for their
performances during the week of Oct. 5-11.
MEN
Pat Cassady, Oakland
Jr., Flushing, Mich./Flushing
Cassady captures his first career Athlete of the Week
award after leading the Golden Grizzlies to a first-place finish
ahead of Eastern Michigan, No. 9 in the Great Lakes region and
capturing the individual title at the Michigan Intercollegiates
with an 8k time of 26:02.10. Earlier this season, he posted the
fourth best 8k league time of 24:54. The team victory marked the
first time that the Oakland men and women both won their respective
race on the same day.
Also nominated: Kevin Sandall, Southern Utah
Previous Winners: Oct. 4 - Anthony Bongard, South Dakota
State; Sept. 28 - Anthony Bongard, South Dakota State; Sept. 21 -
Aaron Kremer, IUPUI; Sept. 14 - Michael Krsnak, South Dakota State;
Sept. 8 - Cosmas Ayabei, UMKC
WOMEN
Lia Jones, Oakland
So., Tustin, Mich./Le Roy Pine River
Jones earns her second career Athlete of the Week honor
and first of the season after leading her squad to a first-place
finish past nationally ranked No. 18 Michigan State and Great Lakes
regionally ranked No. 13 Central Michigan and No. 15 Eastern
Michigan, at the Michigan Intercollegiates. Her 5k time of
18:10.40 recorded a second-place finish. The team victory marked
the first time that the Oakland men and women both won their
respective race on the same day.
Also nominated: Sylvia Bedford, Southern Utah
Previous Winners: Oct. 4 - Heidi Peterson, North Dakota
State; Sept. 28 - Sheilah Ndasym, Oral Roberts; Sept. 21 - Sylvia
Bedford, Southern Utah; Sept. 14 - Becca Selner, IPFW; Sept. 8 -
Sara Lieblein, Oakland
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