COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – San Diego State senior Jessica Kain has been named the Mountain West Women’s Cross Country Athlete of the Week, while UNLV’s Alana Sangprasit was tabbed the MW Women’s Freshman of the Week. New Mexico’s Habtom Samuel was selected as the MW Men’s Cross Country Athlete and Freshman of the Week.

 

WOMEN’S ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

JESSICA KAIN, SAN DIEGO STATE

Senior, Scotts Valley, California/Scotts Valley HS

  • Won the Highlander Invitational with a time of 19:58.3.
  • Fastest time by an Aztec at the UCR Ag/Ops Course in program history.

 

WOMEN’S FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK

ALANA SANGPRASIT, UNLV

Henderson, Nevada/Coronado HS

  • Clocked a career-best time of 23:18 at the Bronco Invitational.
  • Erased 95 seconds off career-best mark.

 

MEN’S ATHLETE/FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK

HABTOM SAMUEL, NEW MEXICO

Freshman, Keren, Eritrea/Al Selef Al Salih

  • Placed third at the Nuttycombe Invitational after crossing the finish line in 23:26.2.
  • Helped the Lobos to a 14th-place team finish, the best finish for UNM men since 2014.