The team second place finish over the weekend, but for his efforts leading the Wildcats with a 6th-place finish, freshman Jack Thomas was named Big 12 Runner of the Week, becoming just the fourth true freshman to win the conference’s weekly award, and just the 7th male cross country runner overall.
Football
There’s like, a big football game this weekend, or something. But, as Coach Klieman said in his weekly press conference, they’re still taking it one day at a time but know they face a tough challenge this weekend.
Ryan Black at The Mercury has a report on the injuries that Klieman discussed during the press conference, and the first-year head coach is “hopeful” his three injured defenders are all available this weekend.