OLLU's Curiel, Gutierrez post top finishes to earn RRAC runner of the week awards

WACO, Texas – Mia Curiel of Our Lady of the Lake University (Texas) was selected as the RRAC Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week for Sept. 1-7, while OLLU's Damon Gutierrez received the RRAC Men's Runner of the Week honor for the same dates.

Curiel finished as the runner-up in the Bearkat Twilight event at NCAA Division I Sam Houston State University (Texas). The senior from McAllen, Texas, raced to a time of 19:02 in the 5K against a field of 20 runners from SHSU, Texas A&M University-Kingsville and North American.

Gutierrez led OLLU to a tiebreaker against SHSU by surpassing all runners in the Bearkat Twilight race. The graduate student from San Antonio posted a first-place time of 15:46 in the 5K distance against 30 runners from SHSU, TAMUK and NAU.

Additional RRAC cross country weekly nominees: Samantha Medina (North American).

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