Tusculum's McMillen Named South Atlantic Conference Astroturf Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week
ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com)– The South Atlantic Conference announced its AstroTurf Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week in meets competed in during the fifth week of the 2019 season. Tusculum's Nicole McMillen was named the Runner of the Week.
McMillen, a graduate student from Pickering, Ontario, competed in the Women's Blue Division at the Live in Lou Classic this past weekend. She raced her way to a first-place finish in the 5k run with a time of 17:43.55. She held more than an 11 second lead in a field of 531 competitors, covering the first 2.1k in 7:06.7 and the remaining 3.9k in 13:30.0.
This is McMillen's second Runner of the Week honor for the 2019 season.
2019 SAC AstroTurf Women's Cross Country Runners of the Week
Sept. 10 – Franziska Althaus, Wingate
Sept. 17 – Hannah Wolkenhauer, Queens
Sept. 24 - Nicole McMillen, Tusculum
Oct. 1 – Haley Gallup, Mars Hill
Oct. 8 – Nicole McMillen, Tusculum
AstroTurf is an official corporate partner of the South Atlantic Conference and title sponsor of the Conference's Player of the Week awards program.
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