TOLEDO, Ohio - Freshman Joy Chirchir was named the Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week by the Mid-American Conference today for her performance last Friday at the NCAA Pre-Nationals in Tallahassee, Fla. on Oct. 15. It is the second time this season that Chirchir was honored as runner of the week by the MAC.
Chirchir came in 20th place to lead Toledo to an 11th-place finish against some of the top teams in the nation at the Pre-Nationals. She completed the 6000m "Garnet" race in 20:15.8, about 30 seconds off the pace of medalist Abby Nichols of Colorado (19:46.