MW Release
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—After a strong showing in which she finished runner-up at the premier Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational, sophomore Weini Kelati has been named the Mountain West Cross Country Women's Athlete of the Week, as announced by the conference on Tuesday.
This is the first conference weekly honor for Kelati, who earned USTFCCCA All-American, First-Team All-Mountain West, Mountain West Freshman of the Year and USTFCCCA All-Mountain Region in 2017.
Kelati ran a methodical race from the start, sitting with the lead pack in the first two kilometers in sixth, before moving up to third in the second 2K.