OLLU's Malesich, Robinson earn RRAC cross country awards after strong home meet
WACO, Texas – Kruz Malesich of Our Lady of the Lake University (Texas) raced to the RRAC Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week award for Oct. 2-8, and OLLU's Sanai Robinson picked up her fourth award of the season as the RRAC Women's Runner of the Week for the same dates. This is the fifth set of conference awards for the 2023 cross country season.
Malesich placed seventh individually in the Saints Collegiate Cross Country Invite on Saturday. The junior from San Antonio posted a time of 26:02 in the 8K distance in a field of 58 runners. He guided OLLU to a second-place team finish at Windcrest Golf Course in Windcrest, Texas.
Robinson broke the OLLU record en route to finishing fourth in the women's 6K distance at the Saints Invite. The freshman from San Antonio cruised to a time of 21:55 against a field of 31 competitors. The Saints claimed first place at their home event.
2023 RRAC cross country weekly selections:
|
Date |
Men's Runner of the Week |
Women's Runner of the Week |
|
Aug. 28-Sept. 3 |
Charles Dorsett III (TAMUT) |
Sanai Robinson (OLLU) |
|
Sept. 11-17 |
Vincent Garza (OLLU) |
Sanai Robinson (OLLU) |
|
Sept. 18-24 |
Vincent Garza (OLLU) |
Sanai Robinson (OLLU) |
|
Sept. 25-Oct. 1 |
Charles Dorsett III (TAMUT) |
Minankolo Magassa (TAMUT) |
|
Oct. 2-8 |
Kruz Malesich (OLLU) |
Sanai Robinson (OLLU) |