IUPUI's Kremer and SUU's Bedford Capture Cross Country Weekly Awards
ELMHURST, Ill. - IUPUI's Aaron Kremer and Southern Utah's Sylvia
Bedford were named Summit League Cross Country Athletes of the Week
for their performances during the week of September 13-19.
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Aaron Kremer, IUPUI
Sr., Indianapolis, Ind./Chatard
Kremer earns his second career Athlete of the Week award
and first of the season after leading his team to a fifth-place
finish at the 8k Indiana Intercollegiates. He recorded a team-best
25:52.40 for a 22nd-place finish against opponents from No. 26
Butler, No. 28 Indiana and Purdue, ranked 10th in the
Great Lakes region. Kremer was the Jaguars' top finisher for the
third straight meet and holds the fastest 8k League time this
season with a 24:32.57 finish last week at the IPFW
Invitational.
Also nominated: Randall Quirk, IPFW; Dallas Eborn, Southern
Utah; Mike McGraw, Western Illinois
Previous Winners: Sept. 14 - Michael Krsnak, South Dakota
State; Sept. 8 - Cosmas Ayabei, UMKC
WOMEN
Sylvia Bedford, Southern Utah
Jr., Fairview, Utah/North Sanpete
Bedford captures her first career Athlete of the Week
honor after leading Southern Utah to a second-place finish ahead of
UC Santa Barbara and Loyola Marymount, ranked seventh and
10th in the West region, at the 5k UC Riverside Cross
Country Invitational. She finished seventh with a time of 17:18,
the fastest 5k League time of the season and the second best SUU
time in the course history.
Also nominated: Felicia Mondry, IPFW; Rachel Zajac, IUPUI;
Carianna Cottone, Western Illinois
Previous Winners: Sept. 14 - Becca Selner, IPFW; Sept. 8 -
Sara Lieblein, Oakland
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