EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Evansville graduate student Melanie Helder (Hudsonville, Mich./Hudsonville) earned honorable mention all-Missouri Valley Conference honors Friday morning at the MVC Cross Country Championships, after posting the fourth-fastest 6-K time in school history at the LaVern Gibson Cross Country Course in Terre Haute, Indiana.
Helder finished 13th overall with a time of 21:55.2 to earn honorable mention all-Valley honors. She becomes the third UE female runner to earn all-Valley honors, joining former Purple Aces Kelby Jenkins (2012, 2013) and Anna Lowry (2018, 2019, 2020).
On the men's side, sophomore Adam Oulgout (St. Paul, Minn.