IRVING, Texas – The American Athletic Conference has announced the winners of the league’s weekly cross country honors, for the competition week ending Sunday, October 17.
Men’s Athlete of the Week
Payton Gleason * Jr. * Memphis
Gleason cruised in with the individual win in the Men’s 8K Gold race at the UAB Blazer Classic in Hoover, Alabama, on Oct. 16. Gleason powered the Tigers to a third-place team showing at the meet with a gold medal time of 24:23.5 on the course at Veterans Park at Hoover, logging a 4:54.