Wesleyan's Niland named MEC Runner of the Week
The Mountain East Conference announced the winners of this week’s Cross Country Runner of the Week awards, presented by The Health Plan.
West Virginia Wesleyan’s Kent Niland and Glenville State’s Natalie Barr are this week’s MEC Cross Country honorees.
Awards and Achievements
- Niland, a junior from Keyser, West Virginia, finished seventh out of 100 runners at the Carnegie Mellon Invite.
- He had the second-best time of any MEC runner at the event, shaving 1:40 from his time on the same course a year ago.
- His time was the second-fastest 8K time in school history.
- Barr, a junior from Canvas, West Virginia, captured weekly Cross Country honors for the second consecutive week.
- She finished first in the Carnegie Mellon Invite, finishing in front of more than 40 fellow MEC runners at the event.
Author's summary: Wesleyan's Niland wins MEC Runner award.