Camila Noe and Ben Perrin
Noe, Perrin Sweep Big Sky Cross Country Athlete of the Week Awards
10/4/2022 10:00:00 AM | Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country
Camila Noe placed second at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational’s Gold Race and Ben Perrin led the Bobcats to a fourth-place finish in the Men’s Blue race.
FARMINGTON, Utah — Coming off solid showings at last week's Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational, Montana State cross country runners Camila Noe and Ben Perrin were named Big Sky Cross Country Athletes of the Week by the conference office on Tuesday.
"It's an honor to have Camila and Ben represent Montana State as Big Sky Athletes of the Week," Dale Kennedy Director of Track & Field/Cross Country Lyle Weese said. "Having the two runners of the week adds to the excitement of good starts to our seasons, and is an indicator of the great team individual successes ahead of us."
This is the first time Montana State has swept the conference's cross country athlete of the week award under Weese. The last time MSU had a male and a female cross country runner win the conference's weekly award in the same season was 2019, when Noe and Collin Buck did so on separate weeks.
Running in the Women's Gold race last Friday, Noe placed second out of 169 runners by covering the 5-kilometer course in 16:57.4. The junior from Bozeman led for the first half of the race and helped the Bobcats place third as a team with 75 points. This award marks the third time in Noe's career that she has won a Big Sky weekly award across cross country, indoor and outdoor track.
In the highly competitive Men's Blue race, Perrin was MSU's lead runner for the first time all season, as he finished the 5-mile course in 23:47.0 to place 20th. Perrin and the Bobcats — who had the best pack time in the 21-team field — were towards the front of a congested lead pack in the race before the top 10 broke away in the second half. Thanks to Perrin's efforts, the Bobcats placed fourth with a score of 144 points in a race that featured eight teams that were either nationally ranked or received votes in the latest USTFCCCA coaches' poll.
Pre-Nationals awaits for the Bobcats. Montana State will travel to Stillwater, Okla. on Saturday, Oct. 15 for the team's biggest regular-season race, which starts at 7 a.m. MT.
"It's an honor to have Camila and Ben represent Montana State as Big Sky Athletes of the Week," Dale Kennedy Director of Track & Field/Cross Country Lyle Weese said. "Having the two runners of the week adds to the excitement of good starts to our seasons, and is an indicator of the great team individual successes ahead of us."
This is the first time Montana State has swept the conference's cross country athlete of the week award under Weese. The last time MSU had a male and a female cross country runner win the conference's weekly award in the same season was 2019, when Noe and Collin Buck did so on separate weeks.
Running in the Women's Gold race last Friday, Noe placed second out of 169 runners by covering the 5-kilometer course in 16:57.4. The junior from Bozeman led for the first half of the race and helped the Bobcats place third as a team with 75 points. This award marks the third time in Noe's career that she has won a Big Sky weekly award across cross country, indoor and outdoor track.
In the highly competitive Men's Blue race, Perrin was MSU's lead runner for the first time all season, as he finished the 5-mile course in 23:47.0 to place 20th. Perrin and the Bobcats — who had the best pack time in the 21-team field — were towards the front of a congested lead pack in the race before the top 10 broke away in the second half. Thanks to Perrin's efforts, the Bobcats placed fourth with a score of 144 points in a race that featured eight teams that were either nationally ranked or received votes in the latest USTFCCCA coaches' poll.
Pre-Nationals awaits for the Bobcats. Montana State will travel to Stillwater, Okla. on Saturday, Oct. 15 for the team's biggest regular-season race, which starts at 7 a.m. MT.
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