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Kelati Earns Second Straight MW XC Athlete of the Week Award

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.— For the second time this season, The University of New Mexico junior Weini Kelati has been selected as the Mountain West Peak Athlete Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Week by the conference.

Kelati's honor comes after another impressive performance for the junior, in which she finished second at the prestigious Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational, running in the front pack and holding a lead for a portion of the race. The Lobo was sitting in fourth at the 2K split before she made her move in to the lead at the halfway point of the 6K race, which she led through the 4K split.