SDSU's Bongard and ORU's Ndasym Earn Cross Country Weekly Honors
ELMHURST, Ill. - South Dakota State's Anthony Bongard and Oral
Roberts' Sheilah Ndasym were named Summit League Cross Country
Athletes of the Week for their performances during the week of
September 20-26.
MEN
Anthony Bongard, South Dakota State
Jr., Redwood Falls, Minn./Redwood Valley
Bongard collects his first career Athlete of the Week
award after posting a season-best 25:29.3 8k time for a 60th-place
finish out of 212 runners at the Roy Griak Invitational, which
included runners from eight of the top-30 teams in the nation (No.
11 North Carolina State, No. 11 New Mexico, No. 13 Oklahoma, No. 16
BYU, No. 17 Arizona State, No. 19 Duke, No. 21 Iowa State and No.
27 Minnesota). Bongard's time moved him in the League's top-10 this
season.
Previous Winners: Sept. 21 - Aaron Kremer, IUPUI; Sept. 14 -
Michael Krsnak, South Dakota State; Sept. 8 - Cosmas Ayabei,
UMKC
WOMEN
Sheilah Ndasym, Oral Roberts
Jr., Eldoret, Kenya/Seko Girls
Ndasym earns her first career Athlete of the Week honor
after running a 22:06.95 6k time, the League's fastest 6k time of
the season, at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree. She earned an 11th-place
finish among runners from a trio of Midwest regionally ranked
teams, No. 6 Kansas State, No. 10 Oklahoma State, No. 13 Oklahoma,
and South Central regionally ranked No. 9 TCU.
Also nominated: Erin Hargens, South Dakota State
Previous Winners: Sept. 21 - Sylvia Bedford, Southern Utah;
Sept. 14 - Becca Selner, IPFW; Sept. 8 - Sara Lieblein,
Oakland
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