ROCK HILL, S.C.
Tusculum College's Simon Holzapfel has been named the South Atlantic Conference Male Cross Country Runner of the Week, and Robin Smith has been named the South Atlantic Conference Female Cross Country Runner of the Week.
Holzapfel, a 5-5 junior from Nuremberg, Germany, won his third individual title in as many meets by capturing first place honors at the Camp Bethel Open in Wise, Va.
Smith, a graduate student from Greenwood, S.C., finished second at the Camp Bethel Open with a 5K time of 21:53 on a very sloppy layout.
Holzapfel turned in a 5k time of 15:56, finishing the race nearly two minutes ahead of second-place runner Spencer Adams of UVA-Wise (17:30).
TC's David Parham's was fourth at 18:21. Tusculum's Ben Hale (19:25) and Elvis Machado (20:44) finished seventh and eighth, respectively. Tyler Rogers and Jason Seaton rounded out the race for the Pioneers in 10th and 11 th place with times of 24:18 and 25:01.
Tusculum's Katie Shelton crossed the line in fifth place with a time of 22:56. Tusculum's Jessica Figler finished the race in sixth at 26:30, as TC's Kelsey Longwell (27:04), Josie Honaker (27:31) and Estefania Chavez (30:39) rounded out the event in eighth, ninth and 10th place.
