BUFFALO, NY - University at Buffalo sophomore Stephanie Ward was named Mid-American Conference Runner of the Week, as announced by the conference office on Tuesday afternoon. Ward collected her first weekly recognition of the season after a strong performance at the Lehigh Paul Short Invitational on Friday.
Ward had a great showing on Friday afternoon as she was able to gather a 13th place finish out of 369 runners at the Lehigh Paul Short Invitational. She turned in a personal record time of 20:20.00 as she helped UB post a 19th place team finish in the field of 42 teams.