Wingate’s Hammond, Newberry’s Baldwin Named SAC Cross Country Weekly Award Winners

ROCK HILL, S.C. – Wingate junior Steve Hammond and Newberry senior Jessie Baldwin have been named the SAC Cross Country Runners of the Week, the conference office announced Tuesday.

Hammond took home the individual title at Saturday's Bulldog Stampede, finishing with an 8K time of 26:27. His time was seven seconds faster than the runner up.

Behind Hammond, Wingate placed second as a team at the event.

Baldwin, meanwhile, finished third in the women's portion of the Bulldog Stampede in her first-ever collegiate cross country race. Her time of 19:44 was the best of any SAC runner at the event.

Baldwin's performance was the first sub-20 minute 5K time from a Newberry runner since 2006 and just the second in program history.