FOREST, Va. --- ODAC cross country runners competed in just two events over the weekend. One was a big affair with Shenandoah University hosting its annual Hornet Harrier & Commonwealth Challenge, which doubled this year as the ODAC Preview with the conference championship meet slated for the Kernstown Battlefield course on Halloween weekend.
Earning this week's ODAC Runner of the Week awards are Eastern Mennonite University senior Clay Kauffman and Shenandoah graduate student Erin Atkinson. Kauffman won the men's eight-kilometer races at Kernstown, while Atkins finished second overall in the women's six-kilometer competition.
Below are entries for both winners from today's cross country release. Most weeks this fall, the following schedule will be used for awards reporting:
- Sundays: football (thru 11/13/22)
- Mondays: field hockey, soccer, swimming (when it begins), volleyball, wrestling (when it begins)
- Tuesdays: cross country
- Wednesday: golf
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MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY RUNNER OF THE WEEK
Clay Kauffman | Eastern Mennonite | Sr.
Kauffman, a senior from Broadway, Va., set a new personal record in winning the eight-kilometer race at the Hornet Harrier and Commonwealth Challenge hosted by Shenandoah University. The event also doubled as the ODAC Preview with the Kernstown Battlefield course set to host the ODAC Cross Country Championships on Halloween weekend. Kauffman topped a field of 99 competitors in resetting his own personal-best 8K time by nearly 10 seconds. He stopped the watches in 27:06.9 and used a per-mile pace of 5:27.3 to help him win the race by 6.4 seconds over teammate Immanuel Bellamy in second place. Kauffman and Bellamy's 1-2 finish helped the Royals to third place in the team standings with 73 points.
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WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY RUNNER OF THE WEEK
Erin Atkinson | Shenandoah | Gr.
Atkinson, a graduate student from Cumberland, Md., was the fastest ODAC runner in the six-kilometer race at the Hornet Harrier and Commonwealth Challenge hosted by Shenandoah University. The event also doubled as the ODAC Preview with the Kernstown Battlefield course set to host the ODAC Cross Country Championships on Halloween weekend. Atkinson used a 6:21.10 per-mile pace to split a pair of runners from Ursinus College in the top-three. Atkinson's time of 23:40.6 was topped only by UC's Rachel Conhoff (23:16.1) and was 19.5 seconds clear of UC's Holly Chambers (24:00.1) in third place. Atkinson's effort helped Shenandoah to second in the team standings with 44 points.
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