2025 Mountain West Cross Country Athletes of the Week
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Air Force’s Ella Johnson has been named the Mountain West Women’s Cross Country Athlete, while fellow Falcon Jayden Nats was selected as the MW Men’s Cross Country Athlete of the Week. There were no freshmen selections this week.
WOMEN’S ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
ELLA JOHNSON, AIR FORCE
Junior, Glendwood Springs, Colorado/Glenwood HS
- Finished fifth overall out of 107 competitors in the 6k at No. 4 Oregon’s Bill Dellinger Invitational.
- Her time of 20:09.3 is the 10th-fastest 6K in program history at any elevation.
- Was the only runner in the top six not from Oregon, marking the Falcon’s best individual finish at the event in program history.
- Led the Falcons to a runner-up finish behind the Ducks, Air Force’s highest ever finish at the event.
MEN’S ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
JAYDEN NATS, AIR FORCE
Senior, Highlands Ranch, Colorado/Mountain Vista HS
- Finished ninth out of 89 runners in the 8k at No. 14 Oregon’s Bill Dellinger Invitational.
- Clocked a time of 23:31.1 for the second-fastest 8k of his career and seventh-fastest by an Air Force runner at any altitude.
- Led No. 23 Air Force to a second-place finish behind the Ducks, the Falcons’ highest ever finish at the event.
