FRISCO – Texas A&M-Corpus Christi's Elizabeth Khatevi and SFA's Nathan Kapel were named the final Southland Conference Cross Country Runners of the Week, as announced by the league office on Tuesday.

Men’s Athlete of the Week: Nathan Kapel, SFA– Fr. – Canyon, Texas (Canyon HS)
Most recently, Nathan Kapel finished as the top Lumberjack for the second time this season with an 8K time of 23:02.7 for a sixth-place finish in the 323-runner field at the Arturo Barrios Invitational in College Station. The 'Jacks' team finish was better than Power 4 programs GLR #6 Ohio State (111), MR #10 Texas Tech (185), SCR #8 TCU (255) and SCR #10 Houston (333). SFA placed just a dozen points back of SR #3 Middle Tennessee State. Kapel was the second 'Jack to cross at the Chile Pepper Festival with a 16th place time of 24:22.5.

Women’s Athlete of the Week: Elizabeth Khatevi, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi – So. – Kenya
Khatevi put together arguably the best performance of her already stellar season last Friday, finishing first out of 336 competitors in the women's 6k at the Arturo Barrios Invitational in College Station. After settling near the top of the pack for the majority of the race, she made her move in the last split, passing two racers in the home stretch to finish with a time of 18:56.0 that broke her own school record in the event and helped her clock more than nine seconds faster than second place. This was Khatevi's fourth consecutive individual win of the season, keeping her perfect sophomore campaign intact.
Honorable Mention: Valentine Jemutai, SFA

Date	Men's	Women's
Sept. 2	Lathan Lewter, SFA	Elizabeth Khatevi, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Sept. 16	Nathan Kapel, SFA	Elizabeth Khatevi, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Sept. 30	Ryan McCarthy, McNeese	Elizabeth Khatevi, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Oct. 21	Nathan Kapel, 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.