The South Atlantic Conference Announces WePlayed Sports Cross Country Runners of the Week
ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) – The South Atlantic Conference announced its WePlayed Sports Cross Country Runners of the Week for meets competed in during the third week of the 2023 season. Catawba swept the awards for the second time this season as Mikayla Jones was named the Women's Runner of the Week and Erick Ramirez was named the Men's Runner of the Week.
Jones, a junior from Aurora, Ohio, claimed the victory in the UNG invitational this past Friday night. With a time of 17:04.7, Jones picked up her first individual win of the season and led the Catawba women to their second team victory in the second race of the year.
Ramirez, a graduate student from Dobson, S.C., led Catawba men's cross country to a team win at the UNG Invitational and claimed the individual title with a time of 24:47.9. He held a pace under five minutes per mile to claim his first win of the season.
2023 SAC Cross Country Runners of the Week
Women
Sept. 5 – Madison Clay, Catawba
Sept. 12 – Ona Alonso, Wingate
Sept. 19 – Mikayla Jones, Catawba
Men
Sept. 5 – Tanner Smith, Catawba
Sept. 12 – Colten Lee, Carson-Newman
Sept. 18 – Erick Ramirez, Catawba
WePlayed Sports 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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