FRISCO, Texas – McNeese State University’s Uxue Castro-Martin and Greg Martin were named the Southland Conference Cross Country Performers of the Week, as announced by the league office on Wednesday.

Men’s Performer of the Week: Greg Martin, McNeese State– Fr. – Chelmsford, England
Martin led the Cowboys to the title at the LSU Twilight Relay last Friday. He ran the fastest 4k leg of all runners in the meet at 12:16.3, three seconds faster than the second-fastest finisher.

Women’s Performer of the Week: Uxue Castro-Martin, McNeese State – Jr. – Arrigorriaga, Spain
Castro-Martin at the LSU Twilight Relay posted the fourth-fastest 3k leg, trailing only three LSU runners. She clocked a time of 9:51.2 in her leg to help the Cowgirls to a second-place team finish.


 

Date	Men's	Women's
Sept. 9	Lathan Lewter, SFA	Carolina Yegon, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Sept. 16	Saad Rifi Loutfi, SFA	Ariadna Navarro, HCU
Sept. 23	Greg Martin, McNeese	Uxue Castro-Martin, McNeese