OMAHA, Neb. -- Creighton standout Emily Martin was named BIG EAST Female Athlete of the Week in cross country for the second time in three weeks, league officials announced on Tuesday. The junior was previously honored on Sept. 6th after winning the Augustana Twilight meet to open the fall.
A St. Charles, Ill., native, Martin finished second at the Sundodger Invitational in Seattle, Wash., with a time of 20:34.41 at the 6K Lincoln Park Course on Friday. Martin was just five seconds behind Washington's Amy-Eloise Neal (20:29.87), who finished eighth in last year's NCAA Cross Country Championship.