PEORIA, Ill. -- Sophomore runner Jake Hoffert (Yorkville, Ill./Yorkville) has been named the Bradley COUNTRY Financial Scholar-Athlete of the Week after winning the individual title and helping the Bradley men's cross country to the team crown at the 2017 Missouri Valley Conference Cross Country Championship Saturday.
Hoffert became the first Bradley runner in 52 years to claim individual gold at the MVC Men's Cross Country Championship, finishing first at the conference meet on Saturday in Springfield, Mo. Hoffert ran the 8K course in 24:37.87 to become just the second BU man to win the individual title and the first since Rod Collins in 1965.