CHARLIE FLINT OF COLORADO COLLEGE, a junior from Waterbury, VT, has been selected the SCAC Women’s Cross Country Runner of the Week for meets conducted from Friday, October 17 through Saturday, October 18. SCAC Cross Country Release (Week 8)
Flint finished second on the team, and sixth overall at the prestigious Augustana Invitational with a personal-best 6K time of 21:53.9 last Saturday. She helped the 22nd-ranked Tigers finish higher than two teams ranked above them in the national poll, finishing fifth out of 40 squads.
Other outstanding performances in the SCAC:
Junior Ashley Rivera of Concordia (TX) led the Tornados to a eighth-place team finish at the Southwestern Showdown last weekend. Rivera crossed the line of the 6K course in 27:14.88, good enough for 26th individually. Senior Alayna Galloway of LeTourneau paced the YellowJackets at the Arturo Barrios Invitational. Against competition across all divisions, Galloway crossed the line of the 6K course with a new personal best time of 25:00.5. Senior Chloe Weathers of Ozarks (Ark.) secured a 27th-place finish at the Mississippi College Watson Classic last Friday, crossing the line of the 6K course in 23:33.6. Her efforts helped lift the Eagles to the team’s fourth-straight top-10 finish. Sophomore McKenna Emerson of Schreiner notched an 18th-place finish at the Southwestern Showdown to lead the Mountaineers, crossing the line of the 6K course in 26:11.4. Junior Mackenzie Combs of Texas Lutheran had a fantastic showing at the Mississippi Watson Classic. Running in her first 6K competition of the season, Combs posted a new PR by nearly 80 seconds crossing the line in 22:32.3, setting a new program record and finishing eighth among a field of 160 plus competitors across all divisions.
| SCAC Women's Cross Country Runners of the Week |
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| Week 1 | Chloe Weathers, University of the Ozarks |
| Week 2 | Alison Mueller-Hickler, Colorado College |
| Week 3 | Mackenzie Combs, Texas Lutheran University |
| Week 4 | Ashley Rivera, Concordia University (TX) |
| Week 5 | Alison Mueller-Hickler, Colorado College |
| Week 6 | Alison Mueller-Hickler, Colorado College |
| Week 7 | Chloe Weathers, University of the Ozarks |
| Week 8 | Charlie Flint, Colorado College |
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