AMERICAN SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE CROSS COUNTRY RUNNERS OF THE WEEK
Meets: October 15 – October 21, 2024
 
MEN’S RUNNER OF THE WEEK – Walker Reeves, Sr., LeTourneau
LeTourneau senior Walker Reeves (Cushing, Texas) delivered his best 8k time of the season and the second-best of his career as he led LeTourneau to ninth at the Watson XC Classic. The senior finished in a time of 25:25.5 to place 12th overall, out of 221 runners. The mark was just five seconds behind his personal-record pace set at the same meet last season and is the fifth-fastest 8k time for LeTourneau since 2010.
 
WOMEN’S RUNNER OF THE WEEK – Presley Wall, Sr., Mary Hardin-Baylor
Mary Hardin-Baylor senior Presley Wall (Decatur, Texas) finished 8^th at the Watson XC Classic out of 178 runners. Her 23:17.08 6K mark helped the Cru to an 11^th place finish.   OTHER OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES
 
UT Dallas sophomore Frank Douglas (Rockwall, Texas) finished in 20th place at the Watson Invitational hosted by Mississippi College in Clinton on Friday. He ran the 8K course in 25:47.8, helping the Comets to a fifth place finish out of 23 squads. Douglas has been UTD's top finisher in all five meets this season.
 
East Texas Baptist sophomore Danna Requena (Kilgore, Texas) broke the ETBU program record for the 6K at 23:21.73. She was just a minute off of the NCAA Division I Texas A&M-Commerce winner. She came in ninth of 178 runners.

LeTourneau freshman Felice Mullinax (Columbia City, Ind.) paced the YellowJackets as she finished the 6k course in a time of 24:41.2 to finish 44th out of 178 runners at the Watson XC Classic. The finish helped LeTourneau to 14th overall. The time was 60 seconds faster than Mullinax's previous best 6k time this season.