Running into an off week
Wednesday, October 5 2011The Panther men's and women's cross country teams will have a week off before they compete at the Bradley Classic in Peoria.
Competing also in this meet from the Ohio Valley Conference will be Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville.
Around the OVC
Austin Peay and Tennessee State will compete in the Kentucky State Thorobred Stampede in Frankfort, Ky., on Friday.
Jacksonville State and Tennessee Tech will compete in the Jacksonville State University Foothills Invitational in Oxford, Ala., on Saturday.
Southeast Missouri, Morehead State and Murray State will compete in the Evansville Invitational in Evansville on Oct. 15.
Eastern Kentucky will compete in the Pre-Nationals meet in Terre Haute, Ind., on Oct. 16.
The Male Adidas OVC Runner of the week went to Soufiane Bouchikhi of Eastern Kentucky. Bouchikhi was the top finisher for Eastern Kentucky at the Notre Dame Invitational Blue Race placing 12th out of 205 total runners with a time of 24:22 on the 8K course.
This is Bouchikhi's second time this season being named OVC Runner of the Week.
Other men nominated were Brad LaRocque of Eastern, Mickey Sanders of Jacksonville State, Josh Seitz of Morehead State, Nate Shipley of Southeast Missouri, Jonathan Owens of Tennessee State, John Greene of Tennessee Tech and Colin Johnson of Tennessee-Martin.
The Female Adidas OVC Runner of the Week went to Lydia Kosgei of Eastern Kentucky.
Kosgei was the top finisher for Eastern Kentucky at the Greater Louisville Classic winning the competitive Gold Race of the 5K course in a personal-best time of 16:51 out of 262 total runners. This is Kosgei's second time this season she is named OVC Runner of the Week.
Olivia Sloss can be reached at 581-7942 or oesloss@eiu.edu .