CLEVELAND, Ohio (EMUEagles.com) — Eastern Michigan University cross country senior Sydney Meyers (Zionsville, Ind.-Zionsville) was named the Mid-American Conference Runner of the Week the league office announced, Sept. 25. This is the second time in two races that Meyers, a co-captain of the EMU squad, has earned the weekly distinction.
Meyers paced the Eagles with a fourth-place finish out of over 200 participants at the Battle In Beantown Friday, Sept. 21 in Jamaica Plain, Mass. Meyers clocked in at 17:18.9, finishing just two seconds behind the second and third-place harriers, and nine seconds behind the individual champion.