Cunningham Named Student-Athlete of Week
10/21/2015 1:07:00 PM | Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country, Cross Country
CHARELSTON, S.C. - Jamie Cunningham, a sophomore on The Citadel cross country team, has been named Southern Conference Student-Athlete of the Week, it was announced Wednesday.
Cunningham is from Alpharetta, Georgia, and is currently majoring in engineering in which he holds a 4.0 GPA. He recently finished seventh out of 64 runners at the College of Charleston Classic held at the Winthrop University Farm Course in Rock Hill, South Carolina, on Oct. 16. Cunningham crossed the finish line at the 26:54.4 mark, recording his fastest time of the year thus far in the 8k distance. He was the second-fastest Bulldog in the race, finishing just one minute behind the leader.
Cunningham has finished in the top 10 among Division I competitors in four of the five races this year. This is the first award for Cunningham in his collegiate career.
The Bulldogs will return to action on Oct. 31st in Greenville, South Carolina, for the Southern Conference Championships. The men's race will begin at 10 a.m. and the women's race will follow at 10:45 a.m.
For more information on The Citadel cross country, follow @CitadelOlympic or visit CitadelSports.com.
Cunningham is from Alpharetta, Georgia, and is currently majoring in engineering in which he holds a 4.0 GPA. He recently finished seventh out of 64 runners at the College of Charleston Classic held at the Winthrop University Farm Course in Rock Hill, South Carolina, on Oct. 16. Cunningham crossed the finish line at the 26:54.4 mark, recording his fastest time of the year thus far in the 8k distance. He was the second-fastest Bulldog in the race, finishing just one minute behind the leader.
Cunningham has finished in the top 10 among Division I competitors in four of the five races this year. This is the first award for Cunningham in his collegiate career.
The Bulldogs will return to action on Oct. 31st in Greenville, South Carolina, for the Southern Conference Championships. The men's race will begin at 10 a.m. and the women's race will follow at 10:45 a.m.
For more information on The Citadel cross country, follow @CitadelOlympic or visit CitadelSports.com.
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