Wingate’s Watson, Brevard’s Andrade Named Runners Of The Week
ROCK HILL, S.C. -- Wingate University senior Jayce Watson and Brevard College senior Alycia Andrade were tabbed the South Atlantic Conference Male and Female Runners of the Week announced today.
Watson (Millersport, Ohio) won his fourth race of the 2008 season Thursday afternoon in the Wingate University Pre-Conference Invitational. The All-American candidate posted a 15:50 5K time to take the checkered flag. The Wingate University cross country program swept the team titles at the 2008 Wingate Pre-Conference Invitational Thursday afternoon at the WU Cross Country Facility. On the team leader board, the Wingate White team was victorious with 20 points. Seven schools and 39 student-athletes participated in the men's portion of this year's event.
Watson, the 2007 South Atlantic Conference Runner of the Year by virtue of his win at the Food Lion SAC meet, has received the honor of SAC Male Runner of the Week five times thus far in 2008.
Jayce Watson |
Alycia Andrade |
Andrade (Somerset, Mass.) captured the women's title at the Wingate Pre-Conference Invitational Thursday afternoon on the campus of Wingate University. The senior finished the 5K course in a time of 20:07, 14 seconds ahead of Francis Marion's Kelly May. The individual victory is the first of the season for Andrade. It was the fourth-straight meet in which Andrade has finished in the top-four individually.
With the conference weekly award, Andrade becomes the first ever Brevard College student-athlete to receiver to be named the SAC Player of the Week.
The SAC Runner of the Week is determined by a vote of the sports information directors of the league.