SAC Weekly Cross Country Awards go to LMU’s Mimendi, Mars Hill’s Griggs
Mars Hill’s Alex Griggs and Lincoln Memorial’s Sofia Lopez Mimendi – a pair of student-athletes who excelled at last weekend’s Eye Opener Invitational – have been named the SAC Cross Country Runners of the Week.
ROCK HILL, S.C. – Mars Hill's Alex Griggs and Lincoln Memorial's Sofia Lopez Mimendi – a pair of student-athletes who excelled at last weekend's Eye Opener Invitational – have been named the SAC Cross Country Runners of the Week.
Griggs, a freshman from Statesville, N.C., placed 11th overall at the Eye Opener with a time of 27:14.25 – his first ever collegiate event. Griggs was the top Division II finisher at the event.
Led by Griggs, Mars Hill placed third at the Eye Opener and was the top Division II team.
Mimendi led LMU to a sixth-place finish as a team at the Eye Opener by finishing 14th in the individual standings. Her time of 19:59.00 was the second-best finish among Division II runners and the top performance from a SAC runner.
Mimendi was recently named a top 30 finalist for the NCAA Woman of the Year award.