Mount Olive's Hanle Named Conference Carolinas Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week
Mount Olive's Hanle Named Conference Carolinas Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week
HIGH POINT, N.C. – Mount Olive's Leah Hanle has been named the Conference Carolinas Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week for races ran the week of Oct. 8 - 14, the Conference announced today. This marks Hanle's second POTW of the year and the third for Mount Olive.
Leah Hanle, a junior from Lichtenstein, Germany, finished second overall at the regionally competitive Royal Cross Country Challenge hosted by Queens University in Charlotte, N.C. with a new school record of 16:43 in the women's 5k run. Hanle crushed her previous PR and school record of 16:56 by a full 13 seconds.
The 24th nationally ranked Trojans women's cross country team placed 6th out of 45 teams at the Royal Cross Country Challenge this past weekend.
Also nominated for Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week:
Kirstin Barton (King University) 18:43 5k at Royals XC Challenge; 59/412
Jordyn Halvorsen (Lees-McRae College) 20:28 5k at Royals XC Challenge; 213/413
2018 Women's Cross Country Runners of the Week
Week One (Sept. 4) – Celine Ritter (Mount Olive)
Week Two (Sept. 11) – Kirstin Barton (King)
Week Three (Sept. 18) – Kirstin Barton (King)
Week Four (Sept. 25) – N/A
Week Five (Oct. 2) – Leah Hanle (Mount Olive)
Week Six (Oct. 16) – Leah Hanle (Mount Olive)