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Olympia Martin Named B1G X/C Athlete of the Week
Oct 16 | Women's Cross Country, Cross Country
Metropolitan Runner-Up Captured New 5K PR in Captured Team TItle
PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Following a runner-up performance at the 2019 Metropolitan Cross Country Championships last weekend, which helped paced the Rutgers women's cross country team to a first place finish, junior Olympia Martin was named the Big Ten Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Week.
Martin led the Scarlet Knight pack with a new 5K PR crossing the finish line in 18:19.5 and was a mere .4 second off the Metropolitan individual champion. The Ridgewood, New Jersey native was the top RU finisher for the eighth race-in-a-row dating back to last season and topped her previous PR of 18:33 set at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown back on Sept. 22, 2017.
The Rutgers women's cross country team returns to action on Saturday at the Princeton Invitational.
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Martin led the Scarlet Knight pack with a new 5K PR crossing the finish line in 18:19.5 and was a mere .4 second off the Metropolitan individual champion. The Ridgewood, New Jersey native was the top RU finisher for the eighth race-in-a-row dating back to last season and topped her previous PR of 18:33 set at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown back on Sept. 22, 2017.
The Rutgers women's cross country team returns to action on Saturday at the Princeton Invitational.
Follow Rutgers track & field and cross country on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
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