USD’s Musa, NDSU’s Teschuk Named #SummitXC Athletes of the Week
USD’s Musa, NDSU’s Teschuk Named #SummitXC Athletes of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. – South Dakota's Mubarik Musa and North Dakota State's Erin Teschuk were named The Summit League's Cross Country Athletes of the Week for their performances Sept. 23-29.
MEN'S ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Mubarik Musa, South Dakota
Jr. // Worthington, Minn.
Musa earns his first career Athlete of the Week honor after recording a top-20 finish at the Roy Griak among a field of four nationally-ranked teams and 19 regionally-ranked teams. The junior led the Coyotes with an 8k time of 25:26.2, finishing 19th out of 301 runners. As a team, South Dakota finished 17th, ahead of eight regionally-ranked teams including Big Ten opponents Nebraska and Ohio State and Kentucky of the SEC.
Also nominated: Brett Kelly, North Dakota State; Ryan Masey, Oral Roberts.
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.
WOMEN'S ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Erin Teschuk, North Dakota State
So. // Winnipeg, Manitoba
Teschuk collects her second career Athlete of the Week award and second of the season after clocking a league-best and school-record 6k time at the Stanford Invitational. The Winnipeg, Manitoba, native crossed the finish line in 21:02, placing fifth overall and third among collegians. The sophomore's time was a minute and 38 seconds faster than her time at the Stanford Invitational a year ago.
Also nominated: Omega Reese, Oral Roberts; Amber Eichkorn, South Dakota.
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.
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.
#SummitXC
