DENVER - Utah Valley's Tyson Lambert and Savannah Berry have been named Western Athletic Conference Male and Female Cross Country Runners of the Week, respectively, for Sept. 13 - Sep. 19.
Lambert, a junior from Grantsville, Utah (Stansbury HS), set a new UVU record in the 8,000-meter at the UV Riverside Invitational, placing second out of 67 with a time of 23:56.36. His first top-five and second top-10 finish of the young season helped pace the Wolverines to a second place finish as a team.
Berry, a junior from Bakersfield, Calif. (Highland HS), also set a new UVU record in the 6000-meter, breaking her previous personal best by 40 seconds. She finished the course in 20:46.29 to finish 11th out of 159 runners as the Wolverines finished fourth out of 11 teams.
Other male nominees: Grand Canyon's Sam Proctor took seventh at the Dave Murray Invitational in Tucson ... Chicago State's Dijon Smith finished 29th overall at the Bradley Invitational with a time of 28:26.7 … NM State's David Colmenero placed fourth at the Kachina Classic Open as the Aggies took second in their home meet … Seattle U's Chay Weaver helped the Redhawks to a third-place finish at the Sundodger Invitational, running the 8k course in 25:07.40 … UT Rio Grande Valley's Alberto Herrera finished seventh at the Texas Invitational, running the 5k course in 16:25.01.
Other female nominees: Grand Canyon's Elizabeth Balsan took sixth at the Dave Murray Invitational, finishing the race in 14:46 ... NM State's Cristina Amberg covered the 5k course in 18:19.98 at the Kachina Classic Open … Seattle U's Lila Rice was the first Redhawk runner across the line at the Sundodger Invitational, placing 21st out of 56 runners … UT Rio Grande Valley's Jennifer Zapata paced the Vaqueros to a second-place finish at the Texas Invitational, finishing the 3000m course in 11:11.22.