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ACC Names Cross Country Performers of the Week

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – Louisville’s Elsingi Kipruto and Nancy Chepleting took home Atlantic Coast Conference Cross Country Men’s and Women’s Performers of the Week awards. Stanford’s Sean Fries and Amaya Bharadwaj took home ACC Cross Country Men’s and Women’s Freshman of the Week awards. 
 
ACC MEN’S PERFORMER OF THE WEEK
Elsingi Kipruto, So., Louisville (Mosoriot, Kenya)
  • Placed third at Nuttycombe Invitational with an 8k time of 22:31.1.
  • Finished one second behind the winning time of 22:30.1.
 
ACC MEN’S FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK
Sean Fries, Fr., Stanford (Minnetonka, Minn.)
  • Led the Cardinal freshman contingency at the Nuttycombe invitational, claiming a personal-best time of 23:36.2.
  • Placed third on the Stanford leaderboard and helped the Cardinal to an eighth-place finish on Friday.
 
ACC WOMEN’S PERFORMER OF THE WEEK
Nancy Chepleting, Jr., Louisville (Eldoret, Kenya)
  • Finished 17th at the Nuttycombe Invitational with a personal-best 6k time of 19:39.8.
  • Led the Cardinals to a 21st-place finish while competing against 18 ranked teams, including five of the nation’s top 10.
 
ACC WOMEN’S FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK
Amaya Bharadwaj, Fr., Stanford (Palo Alto, Calif.)
  • Finished with a personal-best time of 20:12.6.
  • Placed 43rd overall while helping guide the Cardinal women to a 12th place finish overall
     
ACC Cross Country Men’s Performer of the Week
Sept. 8 – Charles Guerrera, So., Syracuse; Roan Kelly, R-So., Virginia Tech
Sept. 15 – Connell Alford, Jr., Syracuse
Sept. 22 – Dylan DeCambre, Sr., Virginia Tech
Sept. 29 – Benne Anderson, Sr., Syracuse   
Oct. 6 – Daelin Ackley, 5th., Notre Dame
Oct. 13 – Elsingi Kipruto, Louisville      
 
ACC Cross Country Men’s Freshman of the Week
Sept. 8 – Robert Leonard, Fr., Virginia Tech
Sept. 15 – Caden Leonard, Fr., North Carolina
Sept. 22 – Daniel Skandera, Fr., Wake Forest
Sept. 29 – Caden Leonard, Fr., North Carolina
Oct. 6 – Noah Bontrager, Fr., Notre Dame
Oct. 13 – Sean Fries, Fr., Stanford
 
ACC Cross Country Women’s Performer of the Week
Sept. 8 – Nancy Cherop, Fr., Clemson
Sept. 15 – Ciara O’Shea, R-Jr., North Carolina; Kiera Rogan, So., Syracuse
Sept. 22 – Rylee Blade, So., Florida State
Sept. 29 – Victoria Garces, So., Duke
Oct. 6 – Hannah Gapes, 5th., NC State
Oct. 13 – Nancy Chepleting, Louisville

ACC Cross Country Women’s Freshman of the Week
Sept. 8 – Nancy Cherop, Fr., Clemson
Sept. 15 – Chase Gilbert, Fr., Virginia
Sept. 22 – Nancy Cherop, Fr., Clemson
Sept. 29 – Sundara Weber, Fr., Duke
Oct. 6 – Brenda Jeptoo, Fr., Virginia Tech
Oct. 13 – Amaya Bharadwaj, Fr., Stanford