Weekly cross country awards from the Summit League this week go to runners from USD and SDSU.
South Dakota senior Amber Eichkorn earned her second consecutive Summit League Women’s Cross Country Athlete of the Week for the period ended Oct. 18, as released by the league office Tuesday.
Eichkorn collects her fifth career athlete of the week honor and third of the season. The Wichita, Kan., native won the Bradley Pink Classic by 16 seconds with a personal-best 6,000-meter time of 20:11.8. Eichkorn topped the field of 267 runners to record her third individual victory of the season.
South Dakota State’s Trent Lusignan was named Summit League Men’s Cross Country Athlete of the Week for his performance from Oct. 13-19.
TRENT LUSIGNAN, SOUTH DAKOTA STATE Sr. // Shakopee, Minn.
- Garnered sixth career Summit AOW honor and second this season
- Recorded Summit League’s top time (23:51) at Wisconsin Adidas Invitational
- Placed 20th in field of 244, including 11 nationally-ranked teams, five of which were top-10 squads
- Helped SDSU top a pair of nationally-ranked teams and three others that received votes in national poll
- Sixth career award ties him for the fourth-highest total in league history
