Abram Deng Repeats as SLIAC Athlete of the Week
September 19, 2011
St. Louis, Mo. – The St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) has announced the Athletes of the Week for the week of September 12-18.
MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY
Spalding University’s Abram Deng, a junior from Louisville, Ky. (Central), has been named the Men’s Cross Country Runner of the Week for the week of September 12-18. This marks the second time this season that he has earned the honor.
Deng placed 46th out of 190 total runners at the Commodore Classic hosted by Vanderbilt University. He posted a time of 26:45.30 on the 8K course and was among a NCAA Division 1 heavy field that included runners from Vanderbilt, Belmont, Alabama, Cincinnati, UT-Chatanooga, Lipscomb and Marshall. Deng was the second NCAA Division III runner to cross the finish line and was the third non-Division I/club team runner.
Spalding placed 17th out of 22 teams competing.
