Big South Announces Men's Cross Country Runners of the Week - Oct. 23
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (www.BigSouthSports.com) – Charleston Southern’s
Sam Waldin (Auckland, New Zealand) has been named the Big South Men’s Cross Country Runner of the Week, while UNC Asheville’s
Paul Kiprotich (Keringet, Nakuru, Kenya) is the Men’s Freshman of the Week honoree for meets ran the weekend of Oct. 17-20, it was announced today.
Waldin was the top finisher for the Buccaneers at the Arturo Barrios Invitational with his 44th-place finish in the 378-runner event. He ran the 8k race in 23:41.0, his first career sub-24-minute 8K as a collegian.
In Asheville’s first meet in nearly one month, Kiprotich placed third at the Upstate Invite with a personal-best time of 24:22.5. His effort broke the program-freshman record by 14 seconds (24:36.4), previously set by Jan Málek last year at the Big South Conference Championship. Kiprotich helped the Bulldogs finish fourth out of 18 teams.