Big South Announces Men's Cross Country Runners of the Week - Oct. 19
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (www.BigSouthSports.com) – UNC Asheville junior Adam Hessler (Freedom, Pa.) has been selected the Big South Men’s Cross Country Runner of the Week, while Gardner-Webb’s Dylan Phillips (Abingdon, Va.) is the Men’s Freshman Runner of the Week for meets ran the week of Oct. 12-16, it was announced today.
Hessler won the USC Upstate Invitational 8k race with a time of 24:38.3, and claimed first by a 9.1-second margin. He helped the Bulldogs finish second as a team.
Phillips placed 36th at the USC Upstate Invitational with a time of 26:17.5. He was GWU’s top finisher and ran the seventh-best 8K time in program history.