By Holly Weber, TTU Sports Information
COOKEVILLE, Tenn.—After another superb showing for the Tennessee Tech men's cross country team at the Commodore Classic, Gilbert Boit has been named the adidas® OVC Male Runner of the Week on Sept. 20.
Boit completed his 8K course in 24:26.8 to place fourth overall in a field that featured over 228 runners to lead the Golden Eagles to a ninth place finish in a field of 23 schools (including 11 regionally-ranked squads), and topped the other five OVC schools at the meet. Tech's ninth place finish was also the best finish at the Commodore Classic a Tech team has ever had.
Boit's time is the second fastest in school history, just off the record pace of 24:09.34 he recorded two weeks ago in Mobile, Ala. His time Saturday reflected his average of 4.55.1 per mile.
adidas® OVC Athletes of the Week
MALE RUNNER OF THE WEEK
Gilbert Boit • So. • Eten, Kenya • Tennessee Tech
Boit was fourth in a field of 228 runners at the Vanderbilt Commodore Classic on Saturday at Percy Warner Park (site of this year's OVC Championship). The sophomore completed the 8K course in 24:26.8 which was the second-fastest in school history (which he established two weeks ago). Boit helped the Golden Eagles finish ninth in a field of 23 schools (including 11 regionally-ranked squads), and topped the other five OVC schools at the meet.
Others Nominated: Luke Evans, Belmont; Farah Abdulkarim, Morehead State; Quamel Prince, Tennessee State; Edwin Kurgat, UT Martin.
FEMALE RUNNER OF THE WEEK
Charlotte Imer • So. • Melbourne, Australia • Eastern Kentucky
Imer placed fourth in a field of 261 competitors at the Vanderbilt Commodore Classic on Saturday at Percy Warner Park (site of this year's OVC Championship). She finished the 5K course in 17:05.4, the best time in the OVC this season by nearly 20 seconds and her personal best at that distance. The only runners that finished ahead of her were from Top 10 regionally-ranked teams. Her performance helped Eastern Kentucky finished eighth out of 25 teams including topping five regionally-ranked squads. The Colonels were the highest finisher among the seven OVC teams at the event.
Others Nominated: Kortney Schardt, Belmont; Vallery Korir, Murray State; Kaitlyn Shea, Southeast Missouri; Ann Asipan, UT Martin.
Photo by Thomas Corhern
