WIU’s Holt, Smith Named #SummitXC Athletes of the Week
WIU’s Holt, Smith Named #SummitXC Athletes of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. – Western Illinois' Mark Holt and Lydia Smith were named The Summit League's Cross Country Athletes of the Week for their performances Sept. 9-15.
MEN'S ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Mark Holt, Western Illinois
Sr. // La Grange, Ill.
Holt earns his second career Athlete of the Week award and first of the season after recording a league-best 8k time of 25:55.9 at the Bradley Intercollegiate. The senior finished 12th to lead the Fighting Leathernecks.
Previous honorees: Sept. 2 – Brant Haase, South Dakota; Sept. 9 – Jonathan Harper, Oral Roberts/Brendan Sage, South Dakota State;
WOMEN'S ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Lydia Smith, Western Illinois
Sr. // Canton, Ill.
Smith collects Athlete of the Week honors for the first time in her career after leading the Fighting Leathernecks with a three mile time of 18:20.8 at the Bradley Intercollegiate. She helped WIU earn its lone victory over Chicago State in the dual meet scoring.
Previous honoree: Sept. 2 – Erin Teschuk, North Dakota State; Sept. 9 – Brittany Beard, Fort Wayne/Amber Eichkorn, South Dakota.
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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