IRVING, Texas – Junior cross country athlete Payton Gleason has been named the American Athletic Conference Male Athlete of the Week, the conference announced Tuesday.
This past weekend at the UAB Blazer Classic, Gleason finished in the top spot in a field of more than 175 athletes with a time of 24:23.43 and recorded a 4:45.4 average mile split. This led the Tigers to a third-place team performance and a No.13 regional ranking.
A Churchville, N.Y., native, Gleason is a two-time All-Conference athlete in cross country and also received All-Conference recognition for the 10k in the 2021 outdoor track season.