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Women's Cross Country

Faith Duncan Named USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week for Second Time This Season

(NEW ORLEANS, La.) – Faith Duncan continues to make history this season for the Quakers women's cross country program. This afternoon, she became the first cross country runner, male or female, in Wilmington College history to be named U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) National Athlete of the Week more than once in their Quakers career. The other time this season that she earned this honor was on September 23rd.

Faith achieved this feat after winning the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) individual championship by nearly a minute and 30 seconds Saturday afternoon at Hillcrest Golf Course in Findlay, Ohio.

Her winning time was 19:49.2, which is one of the fastest 6K times in NCAA Division III history. She is just the second woman since 2008 to break the 20-minute mark and is thought to be just the third ever, along with Missy Buttry of Wartburg College and Fiona Smith of the College of Saint Benedict.

Faith has won all six races she has competed in this season and hasn't lost a race since April 19th during Outdoor Track & Field season at the Otterbein Twilight meet.

She will be in action next at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional race on November 16th.
 
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Players Mentioned

Faith Duncan

Faith Duncan

5' 6"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Faith Duncan

Faith Duncan

5' 6"
Sophomore