South Dakota Sweeps Weekly #SummitXC Honors
South Dakota Sweeps Weekly #SummitXC Honors
ELMHURST, Ill. – South Dakota's Mubarik Musa and Amber Eichkorn were named The Summit League's Cross Country Athletes of the Week for their performances Oct. 14-20.
MEN'S ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Mubarik Musa, South Dakota
Jr. // Worthington, Minn.
Musa collects Athlete of the Week honors for the second time this season and of his career after posting a top-3 finish at the Bradley Pink Classic. The junior crossed the finish line third in a league and career-best 8k time of 24:42.9. The Coyotes, ranked No. 15 in the Midwest Region, came in sixth out of 26 teams, finishing ahead of three regionally-ranked teams in Illinois and Bradley, ranked No. 6 and No. 10 in the Midwest Region, and Summit League foe IUPUI, ranked No. 10 in the Great Lakes Region.
Also nominated: Garret Gleckler, Fort Wayne; Tom Ohlman, IUPUI; Lucas DeGree, North Dakota State; Brendan Sage, South Dakota State
Previous honorees: Sept. 2 – Brant Haase, South Dakota; Sept. 9 – Jonathan Harper, Oral Roberts/Brendan Sage, South Dakota State; Sept. 16 – Mark Holt, Western Illinois; Sept. 23 – Joey Zielinski, IUPUI; Sept. 30 – Mubarik Musa, South Dakota; Oct. 7 – Brendan Sage, South Dakota State.
WOMEN'S ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Amber Eichkorn, South Dakota
Jr. // Wichita, Kan.
Eichkorn earns the Athlete of the Week award for the second time this season and of her career after a runner-up finish at the Bradley Pink Classic. The Wichita, Kan., native posted a 6k time of 20:45.9, both a league and career-best. The junior led South Dakota, No. 8 in the Midwest Region, to a second-place team finish out of 30, defeating four other regionally-ranked Midwest teams, No. 4 Missouri, No. 5 Bradley, No. 14 Northern Iowa and No. 15 Loyola (Ill.), and one regionally-ranked team from the Great Lakes in No. 12 Marquette.
Also nominated: Brittany Beard, Fort Wayne; Valeria Guzman, IUPUI; Erin Teschuk, North Dakota State; Cheyanne Bowers, South Dakota State.
Previous honoree: Sept. 2 – Erin Teschuk, North Dakota State; Sept. 9 – Brittany Beard, Fort Wayne/Amber Eichkorn, South Dakota; Sept. 16 – Lydia Smith, Western Illinois; Sept. 23 – Brittany Beard, Fort Wayne; Sept. 30 – Erin Teschuk, North Dakota State; Oct. 7 – Brittany Beard, Fort Wayne.
ABOUT THE SUMMIT LEAGUE
In its fourth decade of Division I athletics, The Summit League offers 19 championship sports and has a combined enrollment of over 120,000 at nine institutions, including four located in top 60 U.S. metro populations and two land-grant universities. Member institutions include: Denver (University of Denver), Fort Wayne (Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne), IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis), North Dakota State University, Omaha (University of Nebraska Omaha), Oral Roberts University, 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 eight NCAA Champions along with over 65 All-Americans, 60 Academic All-America selections and numerous former student-athletes competing at the highest professional level. For more information about the league and to "See The Summit", visit www.thesummitleague.org, follow on Twitter @thesummitleague, download The Summit League's Front Row app, and watch the weekly "Inside The Summit League" show at www.thesummitleague.org/itsl.
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