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Memphis’ Gleason, Wichita State’s Wright Claim Final American Weekly Cross Country Awards Of The Season

IRVING, Texas The American Athletic Conference has announced the winners of the league’s weekly cross country honors, for the competition week ending Sunday, October 17.

Men’s Athlete of the Week
Payton Gleason * Jr. * Memphis
Gleason cruised in with the individual win in the Men’s 8K Gold race at the UAB Blazer Classic in Hoover, Alabama, on Oct. 16. Gleason powered the Tigers to a third-place team showing at the meet with a gold medal time of 24:23.5 on the course at Veterans Park at Hoover, logging a 4:54.