PSAC Women's CC Athlete of the Week - 7
Shippensburg's NEELY SPENCE won her fifth race of the season on her way to being selected PSAC Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Week.
Neely Spence - Shippensburg
Sophomore
Shippensburg / Shippensburg
Spence outran a field of 202 competitors while taking top honors at the National Invitational. The event, hosted annually by Penn St., was moved to Lock Haven's West Branch Course due to poor weather and course conditions in State College.
Spence covered the 6K course in 20:21, just one second ahead of West Virginia senior Keri Bland. Bland, a 2008 Division I All-American, heads up a Mountaineer squad that is ranked No. 3 in the latest national poll.
Spence, who finished sixth at last year's National Invitational, was 31 spots ahead of the closest Division II competitor. It was the fifth time this season she has captured the top spot.