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Rodriguez Sala Earns Third Conference Weekly Honor
Oct 04, 2016 | Women's Cross Country
Senior named league's Female Runner of the Week.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Make it three-for-three for University of Memphis' Martina Rodriguez Sala.
The Tigers senior has been named the American Athletic Conference Female Runner of the Week, the league office announced Tuesday. It is her third league cross country weekly honor this season.
Rodriguez Sala has earned the weekly accolade each week she has raced. She ran in the Brooks Twilight Classic Sept. 3, Rhodes College Invitational Sept. 17 and Great Louisville Classic Oct. 1.
Last Saturday, Rodriguez Sala helped lead the Tigers women's squad to a 14th-place finish at the 15th-annual Greater Louisville Classic. It was squad's fourth top-15 performance of 2016. Memphis placed fourth at the Brooks Twilight Classic and won the Rhodes College and Austin Peay invitationals.
The Tigers women's team competed in the Gold Race at the Greater Louisville Classic. The Gold Race is one of the nation's top 5k runs each season, drawing several nationally-ranked programs from both the United States and Canada to compete in the annual event.
The Olot, Spain, native was runner-up in the 5k Gold Race at the Greater Louisville Classic Saturday. She placed second out of 368 runners in a personal-best time of 16:50.30. Rodriguez Sala shattered her previous-best 5k time by over 34 seconds (17:24.88 at this season's Brooks Twilight Classic).
Last season, Rodriguez Sala earned All-American Athletic Conference cross country honors with her fourth-place finish at the league's championships meet. It was the best finish by a female runner at a conference championships meet in school history.
The Memphis men's and women's cross country squads are off from competition this weekend. The Tigers return to action at the Crimson Classic in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Oct. 14. The meet is slated for a 9 a.m. (CT) start.
The Tigers senior has been named the American Athletic Conference Female Runner of the Week, the league office announced Tuesday. It is her third league cross country weekly honor this season.
Rodriguez Sala has earned the weekly accolade each week she has raced. She ran in the Brooks Twilight Classic Sept. 3, Rhodes College Invitational Sept. 17 and Great Louisville Classic Oct. 1.
Last Saturday, Rodriguez Sala helped lead the Tigers women's squad to a 14th-place finish at the 15th-annual Greater Louisville Classic. It was squad's fourth top-15 performance of 2016. Memphis placed fourth at the Brooks Twilight Classic and won the Rhodes College and Austin Peay invitationals.
The Tigers women's team competed in the Gold Race at the Greater Louisville Classic. The Gold Race is one of the nation's top 5k runs each season, drawing several nationally-ranked programs from both the United States and Canada to compete in the annual event.
The Olot, Spain, native was runner-up in the 5k Gold Race at the Greater Louisville Classic Saturday. She placed second out of 368 runners in a personal-best time of 16:50.30. Rodriguez Sala shattered her previous-best 5k time by over 34 seconds (17:24.88 at this season's Brooks Twilight Classic).
Last season, Rodriguez Sala earned All-American Athletic Conference cross country honors with her fourth-place finish at the league's championships meet. It was the best finish by a female runner at a conference championships meet in school history.
The Memphis men's and women's cross country squads are off from competition this weekend. The Tigers return to action at the Crimson Classic in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Oct. 14. The meet is slated for a 9 a.m. (CT) start.
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