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Campbell and Porostosky Sweep NCCAA Weekly Honors
written by Dave Parsons, Sports Information Director

MOUNT VERNON, Ohio (10-22-2008) - Caitlin Campbell and Mark Porostosky, members of the Mount Vernon Nazarene University women’s and men’s cross country teams respectively, have been selected as the National Christian College Athletic Association Student-Athlete of the Week in their sports for their performance during the week of October 13-19.

Campbell, a freshman from Bainbridge, Ohio, set a new personal best at the Wilmington College Invitational last Friday when she covered the five-kilometer course in 21:18.1 to just miss the MVNU women’s cross country record by seven seconds. The former Paint Valley High School star has excelled for the Lady Cougars in her first collegiate season as she has been the top finisher for MVNU in each of the team’s first five races this year.

Porostosky, a junior from Madison, Ohio, received the NCCAA weekly honor for the second time this year as he broke his own school record by finishing 14th out of 238 runners at the Wilmington Invitational by covering the eight-kilometer course in 26:00.4. The former Madison High School standout has been the top finisher for the Cougars in all 20 races he has run in since the start of his freshman season including all five races so far this year.

Caitlin Campbell Mark Porostosky

Campbell and Porostosky along with the rest of the runners on both MVNU cross country teams will be back in action on Saturday when they will travel to the Aquinas (Mich.) College Invitational. The men’s race is slated to start at 11:00 a.m. with the women’s race to follow at noon.

 

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