PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The American Athletic Conference has announced the winners of the league’s weekly cross country honors for the combined weeks ending Sunday, Sept. 29 and Sunday, Oct. 6.
Male Runner of the Week
Jemal Wote * Jr. * Houston
Wote raced to a fourth-place finish at the Lake Charles Toyota Cowboy Stampede on Sept. 28 with a four-mile time of 20:05.9, helping Houston secure its first team meet victory of the 2019 season.
Female Runner of the Week
Alexandra Weir * Fr. * USF
Weir earned first career collegiate victory at the USF Invitational on Oct. 5, turning in a winning 5K time of 18:42.78 to claim the individual title by more than 40 seconds over the race runner up.