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Matthews Named WAC Cross Country Athlete of the Week
9/3/2003 12:00:00 AM | Cross Country
Sept. 2, 2003
Denver, Colo. - Tulsa's Owain Matthews and UTEP's Adriana Pirtea have been named the Western Athletic Conference men,s and women,s cross country Athletes of the Week, respectively.
Matthews, a native of Luton, England, finished third at the Hurricane Cross Country Festival in Tulsa Okla., with a time of 21:32 over the four-mile course. Mathews helped the Hurricane to claim their foruth title.
Pirtea, a sophomore from Bucharest, Romania, was the top finisher for the Miners, posting a time of 16:39 at the Lori Fitzgerald Invitational. Along with two other Miners placing in the top five, Pirtea helped UTEP to a first-place finish.
Additional men,s nominees included; Dirk de Heer, UTEP and Victor Ortiz, San Jose State.
Additional women,s nominees included: Ashleigh Nebeker, San Jose State and Monica Joannes, Tulsa.
