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Cincinnati's Wirth, UCF's Richardson Claim Cross Country Weekly Honors

IRVING, Texas The American Athletic Conference has announced the winners of the league’s weekly cross country awards for the week ending Sunday, September 18.

Men’s Athlete of the Week
Tyler Wirth, Sr. - Cincinnati
Wirth helped lead the Bearcats to a second-place team finish at the Spartan Invitational in East Lansing, Michigan. The senior placed sixth out of 256 runners after running a time of 24:45.84 in the 8k. He ran a sub-five minute mile (4:58) and even fell outside of the top seven in the field.