CONFERENCE
CAROLINAS ANNOUNCES
CROSS COUNTRY RUNNERS OF THE WEEK
Alyson Trovato from St. Andrews Named Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week for Fourth Week this Year
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Thomasville, N.C.> St. Andrews Presbyterian College's Alyson Trovato has been selected as the NCAA Division II Conference Carolinas women's cross country Runner of the Week during week number six in the 2007 season. This is the fourth week this year that Trovato has received this award. The junior continues to lead the St. Andrews women's cross country team to their best season. Trovato posted her third straight time under 20 minutes in a 5k race for the season at the Hagan Stone Park Cross Country Classic on Saturday morning. Trovato finished the race in 19 minutes and 41 seconds to finish eighth overall out of 136 total runners. Trovato was the third fastest runner in the field out of non-Division I opposition. She once again was the top Conference Carolinas and Southeast Region runner in the 15 team field. The Cedar Park, Texas native has recorded three straight top-10 finishes and has been the top league runner in all four of SAPC's races this year. The Knights finished third overall out of 15 teams and ahead of all regional foes (Pfeiffer, St. Augustine's, Barton, and Mount Olive).
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St. Andrews Presbyterian College's Mitch
Cooper
Named Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Thomasville, N.C.> St. Andrews Presbyterian College's Mitch Cooper has been selected as the NCAA Division II Conference Carolinas men's cross country Runner of the Week during week number six in the 2007 season. Cooper led the St. Andrews men's cross country team for the fourth consecutive week with an impressive finish at the Hagan Stone Park Cross Country Classic on Saturday morning. Cooper finished the 6k race in 26 minutes and 55 seconds to finish eighth overall out of 126 runners. Cooper was the fourth fastest harrier out of non-Division I participants. He was the fastest Conference Carolinas runner to lead the Knights to a runner-up finish out of nine teams only losing to No. 5 Northeast region ranked NYIT. The junior from Virginia Beach, VA helped St. Andrews to its best finish of the season heading into the Conference Carolinas Championships hosted by Converse College October 20th.
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