FRISCO, Texas – SFA's Elkana Kipruto and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi's Elizabeth Khatevi were named the Southland Conference Cross Country Male and Female Runners of the Week, respectively, as announced by the league office on Wednesday.

Kipruto earns his second runner of the week honor this season.

Men's Athlete of the Week: Elkana Kipruto, SFA – Fr. – Kenya
Kipruto competed at the Arturo Barrios Invitational on October 18 and crossed the line in 22:29.50, breaking another SFA school 8K school record. He broke the previous school record, which was also set by Kipruto, just two weeks ago by 50 seconds. He was the top finisher for the Lumberjacks in fifth place overall.

Women's Athlete of the Week: Elizabeth Khatevi, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi – Fr.
Khatevi opened the month on October 4 winning the Joe Paine Notre Dame Invite after running a 16:48.10 in the women's 5K. She finished first of 182 runners to secure the victory. Khatevi followed it up at at the Texas A&M Arturo Barrios Invite on October 18 with a school-record 6K time of 19:12.30, placing fifth of 394. 

Date	Men's	Women's
Sept. 4	Mathayo Bundotich, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	Arlette Concepcion, HCU
Sept. 18	Griffin Neal, UIW	Alicia Finnis, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Oct. 2	Elkana Kipruto, SFA	Nia Clatworthy, Lamar
Oct. 23	Elkana Kipruto, SFA	Elizabeth Khatevi, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi

Southland weekly award winners are nominated and voted upon by each school's sports information director. Voting for one's own athlete is not permitted. To earn honorable mention, a student-athlete must appear on 25 percent of ballots.