• OVC Cross Country Report - September 5 (PDF)
This Week’s Schedule
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8
KENNESAW STATE INVITE (KENNESAW, GA.)
Jacksonville State
FOREST PARK XC FESTIVAL (ST. LOUIS, MO.)
Southeast Missouri
ILLINOIS STATE INVITE (NORMAL, ILL.)
SIUE
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9
BLUEGRASS INVITATIONAL (LEXINGTON, KY.)
Eastern Kentucky
adidas® OVC Runners of the Week
CO-MALE RUNNER OF THE WEEK
Dustin Hatfield • Eastern Illinois • Fr. • Spring Valley, Wis.
In his first collegiate meet, Hatfield took first place in a field of 90 at the EIU Walt Crawford Open, covering the 8K course in 25:09.03 (the fastest 8K of the week in the OVC). Hatfield won the race by eight seconds in a field that included a pair of regionally-ranked teams in Illinois (No. 3 Midwest) and Bradley (No. 7 Midwest).
CO-MALE RUNNER OF THE WEEK
Edwin Kurgat • UT Martin • So. • Eldoret, Kenya
Kurgat overcame wet conditions to take first place in a field of 127 runners at the Covered Bridge Open hosted by Appalachian State on Friday. The sophomore bested a field that included a pair of regionally-ranked teams (No. 5 Florida State, No. 14 ETSU) and finished the 8K race in a time of 25:52.08 (10 seconds ahead of second place). His performance lifted the Skyhawks to a third-place team finish in a field of 11 squads.
Others Nominated: Matt Edwards, Belmont; Addison Monroe, Eastern Kentucky; Farah Abdulkarim, Morehead State; Mark Ventura, Murray State; Chris Durr, Southeast Missouri; Gilbert Boit, Tennessee Tech.
FEMALE RUNNER OF THE WEEK
Charlotte Imer • Eastern Kentucky • Jr. • Melbourne, Australia
Imer opened her season by winning the Morehead State Eagle Opener on Friday. The All-American ran the fastest 5K in the OVC during the week, finishing first in a field of 44 with a time of 17:17.1. That was nearly 19 seconds ahead of the second-place finisher, Kentucky All-American Katy Kunc. Imer’s performance led EKU, ranked No. 6 in the Southeast Region, to a team win over Kentucky (who was ranked No. 4). It marks the sixth time in her career she has been named OVC Runner of the Week.
Others Nominated: Kortney Schardt, Belmont; Maria Baldwin, Eastern Illinois; Alison Chinn, Morehead State; Meagan Smith, Murray State; Kaitlyn Shea, Southeast Missouri; Micayla Rennick, Tennessee Tech; Kara Martin, UT Martin.