Western Kentucky’s Emerson Wells earned Third Team All-Conference USA honors as WKU closed out its season Saturday at the C-USA Championships in Hoover, Ala.
Wells placed 21st on the men’s side with a time of 25 minutes, 13.81 seconds, making him WKU’s first all-conference honoree since 2016 while also giving him the Hilltoppers’ best individual time in a conference championship since 2014.
As a whole, the men’s team finished sixth out of 11 schools in the 8K, while the women’s squad placed 11th out of 12 teams in the 6K. The finishes marked the men’s best placement in the C-USA Championships since 2017 and the women’s best finish since 2016.