Ole Miss junior cross country runner Mario Garcia Romo earned SEC Men’s Runner of the Year, the conference announced on Monday.
The junior runner garnered the accolade after leading the men’s team to a 1-2-3 podium sweep at the SEC Championship on Oct. 30 in Baton Rouge, La., with a time of 23:32:9 in the 8K race. Behind him were teammates sophomore Cole Bullock and senior Waleed Suliman.
The trio made the Men’s First Team All-SEC with Suliman winning the honor for the third time, Garcia Romo earning it for the second and Bullock being named to the team for the first time in his career.