Kansas City’s Ayabei and Oakland’s Hutton Capture Final Weekly Cross Country Honors
Kansas City’s Ayabei and Oakland’s Hutton Capture Final Weekly Cross Country Honors
ELMHURST, Ill. – Kansas City's Cosmas Ayabei and Oakland's Brittni Hutton were named The Summit League's Cross Country Athletes of the Week for their performances Oct. 9-15, marking the final award of the season.
MEN'S ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
Cosmas Ayabei, Kansas City
Sr. // El Doret, Kenya
Ayabei garners his fourth career Athlete of the Week honor and second of the season after posting a second-place finish out of 278 at the NCAA Pre-Nationals Invitational. The senior clocked a league-best 8k time of 24:08, amongst competition from two nationally-ranked teams, No. 20 Eastern Kentucky and No. 26 Indiana, and three regionally-ranked teams, Memphis (No. 10 – South), Akron (No. 14 – Great Lakes) and Kent State (No. 15 – Great Lakes).
Also nominated: Jordan Holloman, Fort Wayne; Joey Zielinski, IUPUI; Brett Kelly, North Dakota State; Nathan Ziolko, Oakland; Ethan Marquardt, South Dakota; Michael Krsnak, South Dakota State; Michael Castel, Western Illinois.
Previous winners: Sept. 4 – Michael Krsnak, SDSU; Sept. 11 – Trent Lusignan, SDSU; Sept. 18 – Jeff Mettler, USD; Oct. 2 – Cosmas Ayabei, UMKC & Michael Krsnak, SDSU; Oct. 9 – Cal Magier, OU.
WOMEN'S ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Brittni Hutton, Oakland
R-Sr. // Highland, Mich.
Hutton earns her third career Athlete of the Week award and third of the season after setting the 6k school record and recording the fastest league time this season. The Highland, Mich., native finished fifth out of 222 runners at the Bradley Classic with a 6k time of 21:09, amongst competition from six regionally-ranked teams: Illinois (No. 4 – Midwest, Northwestern (No. 5 – Midwest), Bradley (No. 9 – Midwest), Purdue (No. 11 – Great Lakes), Marquette (No. 12 – Great Lakes) and Illinois State (No. 15 – Midwest).
Also nominated: Julie Jeszenszky, Fort Wayne; Rebecca Downs, IUPUI; Heidi Peterson, North Dakota State; Amanda Vorthmann, Omaha; Amber Eickhorn, South Dakota; Laura Wolles, South Dakota State; Alycia Thurston, Western Illinois.
Previous winners: Sept. 4 – Brecca Wahlund, NDSU; Sept. 11 – Brittni Hutton, OU; Sept. 18 – Brittni Hutton, OU & Amanda Vorthmann, UNO; Oct. 2 – Brecca Wahlund, NDSU; Oct. 9 – Amanda Vorthmann, UNO.
ABOUT THE SUMMIT LEAGUE
Entering its fourth decade of Division I athletics, The Summit League offers 19 championship sports and has a combined enrollment of over 144,000 at nine universities, four of which are located in top 58 U.S. metro populations (Detroit, Indianapolis, Kansas City and Omaha). Member institutions include: Fort Wayne (Indiana-Purdue-Fort Wayne), IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis), Kansas City (University of Missouri-Kansas City), North Dakota State University, Oakland University, Omaha (University of Nebraska Omaha), the University of South Dakota, South Dakota State University and Western Illinois University. Previously known as the Mid-Continent Conference, The Summit League rebranded in 2007 and has since produced 54 All-Americans, 37 Academic All-America selections and seven NCAA Championships. For more information about the league and its history, visit www.thesummitleague.org to "See The Summit" or follow on Twitter @thesummitleague.
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