IRVING, Texas – The American Athletic Conference has announced the winners of the league’s 2021 Runner of the Year awards for cross country, as voted on by the conference’s cross country head coaches.
Both individual cross country champions in The American earned Runner of the Year accolades for the fifth straight season, as Tulsa graduate student Scott Beattie was named the Men’s Cross Country Runner of the Year and Wichita State redshirt senior Yazmine Wright claimed the American Women’s Cross Country Runner of the Year award.
American Men’s Runner of the Year
Scott Beattie * Grad * Tulsa
Beattie became the second Tulsa men’s athlete to claim Men’s Runner of the Year honors, joining former teammate Patrick Dever (2020).