COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The Mountain West has named University of New Mexico cross country runner Courtney Frerichs as the MW Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Week for meets contested from Oct. 2-3.
Frerichs, a senior from Nixa, Mo., by way of UMKC, placed second overall and guided the top-ranked Lobo women to a team victory at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational this past Friday in Notre Dame, Ind.
In her first race at New Mexico, Frerichs finished with a time of 16 minutes, 27 seconds over the five-kilometer course at the Burke Golf Course, her fastest time over a 5K cross country course in her collegiate career.