Baylor women’s cross country runner Maggie Montoya received the first Big 12 Runner of the Week honor of her career on Wednesday. Montoya’s 11th place performance at the prestigious Wisconsin Adidas Invitational Friday gave Baylor its first conference honor of the season.
The native of Rogers, Ark., ran at a blistering pace to finish with a time of 19:56.0 in the 6,000-meter course. Montoya was in 20th place after the 4,000-meter mark, but the junior had a strong finish to move up the leaderboard and set a new personal-best time in the event.
The notable showcase from Montoya, who beat her previous personal-best for 6,000 meters by more than 35 seconds, brings about anticipation for the upcoming Big 12 Championship, which is less than two weeks away.