WEEK 6

SCAC Men's Cross Country
Runner-of-the-Week
(For meets run Friday, Oct. 3rd through Saturday, Oct. 4th)

JOEY POLIO OF CENTRE COLLEGE, a senior from Owensboro, Ky., has been selected the SCAC Men's Cross Country Runner-of-the-Week for meets run Friday, October 3 and Saturday, October 4.

Polio placed 17th in a field of 230 runners at the NCAA Division III Pre-National meet by finishing the 8K course in a personal best 26:11. He helped Centre place to a top five finish (fifth overall out of 20).

Other outstanding performances in the SCAC:
Junior Enrique Sanchez of Oglethorpe University won the Sewanee Tiger Twilight Invitational with a time of 27:04 on the 8K course. Senior Rex Davis of Sewanee-The University of the South helped pace the Tigers to a team win at the Tiger Twilight with a season best time of 27:44. Junior Bryant Wright of Trinity University placed fourth overall at the Texas Lutheran Invitational with a new personal record of 26:01.

WEEK 5

SCAC Men's Cross Country
Runner-of-the-Week
(For meets run Friday, Sept. 26th through Saturday, Sept. 27th)

CHASS ARMSTRONG OF TRINITY UNIVERSITY, a junior from Boerne, Texas., has been selected the SCAC Men's Cross Country Runner-of-the-Week for meets run Friday, September 26 and Saturday, September 27.

Armstrong finished second in the Texas DIII Championships to defending champ Ben Donnan of UT-Tyler. His time of 26:11 beat last year’s winning time and was a 40 second improvement over his time last year on the same course.

Other outstanding performances in the SCAC:
Junior Enrique Sanchez of Oglethorpe University ran official time of 26:31 at Mercer University’s Invitational. He was the 15th collegian to finish and first D-III runner setting a new personal record.

WEEK 4

SCAC Men's Cross Country
Runner-of-the-Week
(For meets run Friday, Sept. 19th through Saturday, Sept. 20th)

MARK HANDELMAN OF RHODES COLLEGE, a senior from Bethesda, Md., has been selected the SCAC Men's Cross Country Runner-of-the-Week for meets run Friday, September 19 and Saturday, September 20.

Handelman had a strong run at the Vanderbilt Commodore Classic this past weekend finishing ninth in a time of 26:50.  Mark has been the top runner for Rhodes in their first two meets and is the team captain this year.

Other outstanding performances in the SCAC:
Junior Lloyd Gray of Millsaps College Gray was the first finisher for Millsaps at the Mississippi State Invitational 8k, crossing the tape in 30:29.50 for a 32nd place finish.

WEEK 3

SCAC Men's Cross Country
Runner-of-the-Week
(For meets run Friday, Sept. 12th through Saturday, Sept. 13th)

JASON PARKS OF CENTRE COLLEGE, a junior from Louisville, Ky., has been selected the SCAC Men's Cross Country Runner-of-the-Week for meets run Friday, September 12 and Saturday, September 13.

Parks finished third overall out of 114 runners at the Centre College Invitational. He was one of only three runners to finish the 8K course in less than 28 minutes.

Park helped lead the Colonels to a first place finish during a very hot day where temperatures reached 95 degrees on the course.

WEEK 2

SCAC Men's Cross Country
Runner-of-the-Week
(For meets run Friday, Sept. 5th through Saturday, Sept. 6th)

CHASE WILSON OF CENTRE COLLEGE, a senior from Paducah, Ky., has been selected the SCAC Men's Cross Country Runner-of-the-Week for meets run Friday, September 5 and Saturday, September 6.

Wilson finished seventh overall out of 173 runners at the University of the South Invitational. Wilson finished the 8K course in 26:21and was the first Division III runner to cross the finish line. He also posted the fastest time in Centre history on the University of the South course.

Other outstanding performances in the SCAC:
Sophomore runner Allen Smith of Southwestern placed 28th of 70 runners at the Texas State University Cross Country Invitational. Smith ran a personal best on the five mile course with a time of 28:06 and was the first Division III runner to finish. Sophomore Chris Hague of Sewanee set a person best at the University of the South Invitational by running the 8K course in 27:30. He finished 26th overall and 11th among Division III runners.

WEEK 1

SCAC Men's Cross Country
Runner-of-the-Week
(For meets run Friday, Aug. 29th through Saturday, Aug. 30th)

BRYANT WRIGHT OF TRINITY UNIVERSITY, a junior from Tulsa, Okla., has been selected the SCAC Men's Cross Country Runner-of-the-Week for meets run Friday, August 29 and Saturday, August 30.

Wright was the top Division III finisher (second overall) at the Incarnate Word Invitational. Wright ran 16:27 over the 5k course and helped pace the Trinity men to a second place overall finish.

Other outstanding performances in the SCAC:
Senior runner Taylor Weglicki of Millsaps finished the Mississippi College Season Opener 5k in 18:39 to set a personal best on that course.

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