USD's Mettler, OU's Hutton and UNO's Vorthmann Garner Weekly Cross Country Honors
USD's Mettler, OU's Hutton and UNO's Vorthmann Garner Weekly Cross Country Honors
ELMHURST, Ill. – South Dakota's Jeff Mettler was named The Summit League's Male Cross Country Athlete of the Week, while Oakland's Brittni Hutton and Omaha's Amanda Vorthmann were selected as the female Athletes of the Week for their performances Sept. 4-10.
MEN'S ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Jeff Mettler, South Dakota
Jr. // Eureka, S.D.
Mettler collects his first career Athlete of the Week honor after clocking an 8k time of 24:58.1, the fastest league time this season. The junior posted a fifth-place finish out of 308 runners and led the Coyotes to an overall third-place finish out of 28 teams at the Woody Greeno Invitational, which included Air Force, ranked sixth in the Mountain Region, Nebraska, Kansas State and Creighton among its field.
Also nominated: Joey Zielinski, IUPUI; Cosmas Ayabei, Kansas City; Grady Anderson, North Dakota State; George O'Connor, Oakland; Trent Lusignan, South Dakota State; Zach Wiedeman, Western Illinois
Previous winners: Sept. 4 – Michael Krsnak, SDSU; Sept. 11 – Trent Lusignan, SDSU.
WOMEN'S ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
Brittni Hutton, Oakland
R-Sr. // Highland, Mich.
Hutton captures her second-straight Athlete of the Week award and the second of her career after posting a 6k-time of 21:49, the fastest league time this season. The senior finished 16th out of 309 runners at the Spartan Invitational amongst nationally and regionally ranked teams including No. 11 Michigan, No. 13 Michigan State and regionally-ranked teams: Northwestern (4th – Midwest), Ohio State (8th – Great Lakes), Miami (OH) (11th – Great Lakes) and Central Michigan (13th – Great Lakes).
Amanda Vorthmann, Omaha
Sr. // Oakland, Iowa
Vorthmann garners her first career Athlete of the Week honor after posting a league-best 6k time of 21:49.4 at the Woody Greeno Invitational. The Oakland, Iowa native, earned a fifth-place finish out of a field of 289 runners, including runners from Air Force, ranked eighth in the Mountain region, and Kansas State ranked 14th in the Midwest region. Her 6k-time is the second-fastest in school history. Vorthmann's award marks the first weekly honor for any Omaha female athlete.
Also nominated: Rebecca Downs, IUPUI; Sara Meiners, Kansas City; Brecca Wahlund, North Dakota State; Amber Eickhorn, South Dakota; Laura Wolles, South Dakota State.
Previous winners: Sept. 4 – Brecca Wahlund, NDSU; Sept. 11 – Brittni Hutton, OU.
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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