SUU Sweeps Weekly Cross Country Awards
SUU Sweeps Weekly Cross Country Awards
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ELMHURST, Ill. - Southern Utah's Cameron Levins and Diana Medina-Mitchell were named The Summit League's Cross Country Athletes of the Week for their performances Sept. 13-19.
MEN'S ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Cameron Levins, Southern Utah
R-Sr., British Columbia, Canada
Levins captures his 10th career Athlete of the Week honor after winning the UC Riverside Invitational by 57 seconds with an 8k time of 22:58.7, the fastest SUU time on that course in program history and a league-best this season by almost two minutes. Levins led the Thunderbirds to a first-place team finish out of 25 teams, including UC Santa Barbara, ranked No. 14 in the West region. With this Athlete of the Week honor, he is now tied with Oakland's Adam Frezza who held the league record (10).
Also nominated: Zane Cooperider, IUPUI; Cosmas Ayabei, UMKC; Shadrack Koech, Oral Roberts Jeff Mettler, South Dakota; Dominic Thielen, South Dakota State; Michael Castel, Western Illinois.
Previous winners: Sept. 6 - Elijah Rono, Southern Utah; Sept. 13 - Zane Cooperider, IUPUI.
WOMEN'S ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Diana Medina-Mitchell, Southern Utah
R-Sr., Hurricane, Utah/Hurricane
Medina-Mitchell earns her first career Athlete of the Week award after a third-place finish at the UC Riverside Invitational with a 6k time of 20:20.2. Her time marks the fastest league time this season by over two minutes, which helped the Thunderbird squad finish third out of 25 teams.
Also nominated: Rachel Zajac, IUPUI; Kristen Radcliff, Oral Roberts; Ashleigh Giese, South Dakota; Brooke Wyffels, South Dakota State; Chelsea Lynes, Western Illinois.
Previous winners: Sept. 6 - Kristen Radcliff, Oral Roberts; Sept. 13 - Sarah Hutchings, IPFW.
