AMERICAN SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE CROSS COUNTRY RUNNERS OF THE WEEK
Meets: September 30-October 6, 2026

MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY RUNNER OF THE WEEK – Isaac Gonzales, Sr., McMurry
Isaac Gonzales competed at the Chile Pepper XC Festival in Fayetteville, Arkansas, placing 12th with a time of 26:40.90. This marks the fastest 8K time by any American Southwest Conference runner this year.

WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY RUNNER OF THE WEEK – Drea Gibson, Jr., Mary Hardin-Baylor
Cru junior Drea Gibson finished with a time of 20:03.50 in the Women's Prairie Fire Pepper 5K at the Chile Pepper XC Festival. Gibson ran a 6:27 mile pace and finished 60th out of 222 individual runners.

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OTHER OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES

MEN
Jeremiah Calderon of Mary Hardin-Baylor finished in 33rd at the Chile Pepper XC Festival with a time of 27:27.60. Calderon also helped the Cru to a 17th-place team finish.

WOMEN
Danna Requena of East Texas Baptist finished 22nd out of 120 runners at the Southwestern University Showdown. She was the top Division III finisher, with a time of 24:50.14 in the 6K race. Her time was just 10 seconds shy of a top-20 finish.