PROVIDENCE, R.I. – University of Memphis' Arnica Zitting has been named the American Athletic Conference Female Athlete of the Week, the league office announced Tuesday. It is Zitting's first conference weekly honor of her career.
The Tigers senior made program history Saturday, becoming the first female runner to win the annual season-opening Brooks Twilight Classic. Zitting placed first in a time of 18:01.43 and led the women's squad to a fifth-place finish. This was the 15th year the Brooks Twilight Classic was run.
The first-place performance was Zitting's best of her career.