University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
John Ciprich named the Co-Big South Men’s Cross Country Runner of the Week
09.21.2022 | Cross Country
BIG SOUTH RELEASE
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Big South Conference announced Wednesday that John Ciprich of the UNC Asheville cross country team had been named the League's Co-Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week. This is the first weekly honor of Ciprich's career and the second for the Bulldogs this fall joining Adam Hessler's honor from September 7.
Ciprich played a key role for the Bulldogs at last week's Winthrop Invitational. In a field consisting of 40 runners, Ciprich finished first with a time of 25:19.1. It marks Ciprich's fastest time in an 8K race since October 2021 when he clocked in at 24:50.6.
Fueled in part by Ciprich's performances and those from the rest of the Bulldogs, Asheville's men's team notched its first team win since September 21, 2018 as it scored lower than The Citadel, Gardner-Webb, and Winthrop.
Ciprich and the rest of the Bulldogs will be back in action on October 1 when they compete at the Louisville Invitational.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Big South Conference announced Wednesday that John Ciprich of the UNC Asheville cross country team had been named the League's Co-Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week. This is the first weekly honor of Ciprich's career and the second for the Bulldogs this fall joining Adam Hessler's honor from September 7.
Ciprich played a key role for the Bulldogs at last week's Winthrop Invitational. In a field consisting of 40 runners, Ciprich finished first with a time of 25:19.1. It marks Ciprich's fastest time in an 8K race since October 2021 when he clocked in at 24:50.6.
Fueled in part by Ciprich's performances and those from the rest of the Bulldogs, Asheville's men's team notched its first team win since September 21, 2018 as it scored lower than The Citadel, Gardner-Webb, and Winthrop.
Ciprich and the rest of the Bulldogs will be back in action on October 1 when they compete at the Louisville Invitational.
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