ST. LOUIS – For the second time in as many weeks, Illinois State sophomore Rachel Hickey was chosen as the Missouri Valley Conference women's Runner of the Week. The weekly MVC award marks the third overall award and the second in cross country for the Peru, Illinois native.
After running the Valley's fastest 6K last week, Hickey built off that momentum and improved her 5K time by 13 seconds for the top time of the weekend and the third-fastest 5K in the Valley this year.
Finishing 14th overall in the Gold Division at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational, Hickey ran a personal-best time of 17:24.