Week 2: Cross Country Runners of the Week

Week 2: Cross Country Runners of the Week

ATLANTA, Ga. (September 14, 2022) – Kiya Pittmon (Albany State) was named Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) Female Runner of the Week, while Brian Kemei (Morehouse) earned Male Runner of the Week, released by the league office on Wednesday.
 
Female Runner of the Week – Kiya Pittmon, Albany State
 
ASU junior Kiya Pittmon finished Top 20 with a time of 20:53.9 in the 5,000-meter race at the University of North Georgia Invitational. She paced the ASU’s Women Cross Country team to a second-place finish with 104 points in a field of 11 teams.
 
 
Male Runner of the Week – Brian Kemei, Morehouse
 
Morehouse’s Kemei raced to first place out of all collegiate athletes with a time of 25:37.3 in the 8,000-meter course at the University of North Georgia Invitational last weekend. He led Morehouse to a third-place finish with 69 points in a field of seven teams.
 
OTHER PLAYERS NOMINATED
 
MEN’S RUNNER OF THE WEEK n/a
WOMEN’S RUNNER OF THE WEEK Quanisha Marshall (Lane)