ST. LOUIS - Indiana State senior Akis Medrano has been named the Missouri Valley Conference Male Cross Country Athlete of the Week for the second time in 2018, the Valley announced Tuesday afternoon.
Medrano put on a spectacular performance to lead the Indiana State men to a second-place finish in the 8K race on a sunny Saturday at the John McNichols Invite. The Boswell, Ind. native ran neck-and-neck with the top-two Purdue runners and ultimately finished third overall with a time of 24:59.0, which is the best 8K time in the Missouri Valley Conference.