NCU's Sierra Brown Named NAIA Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week

9/21/2016 2:13:33 PM

By Spencer Scheve, Communications & Sports Information Intern

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Sierra Brown of Northwest Christian (Ore.) has been named the NAIA National Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week, the National office announced Wednesday. Brown was selected for her performance on Sept. 16 and was selected out of a pool of Conference/Association of Independent Institutions award winners. 

NAIA Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week
Sierra Brown, Northwest Christian (Ore.) 
Sr., Jacksonville, Ore.

• Finished second overall at the Bill Dellinger Invitational with a 5-kilometer time of 17:28. Her mark helped the women's team place second behind NCAA Division I No. 3 ranked University of Oregon.
• Brown finished ahead of numerous Division I runners, including the entire Oregon team.
• Brown recorded the fourth-fastest time in Northwest Christian history as she guided the Beacons to a second-place finish, only 12 points behind the Ducks (39-51).

For the complete runner of the week calendar, click here.

Nominees: Sierra St. Aubyn, Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.); Grace Young, Columbia (Mo.); Janki Patel, St. Louis Pharmacy (Mo.); Emily Erdman, Lindenwood-Belleville (Ill.); Emily Kearney, SCAD Atlanta (Ga.); Ingrid Escobedo, Marymount (Calif.); Keili Dorn, Embry-Riddle (Ariz.); Jessa Perkinson, Southern Oregon; Rachel Roelle, Eastern Oregon; Molly Vitale-Sullivan, College of Idaho; Ellie Willging, Saint Xavier (Ill.); Harley Sutton, Calumet (Ind.); Mae Elizabeth Gimre, Taylor (Ind.); Raven Arellano, Grace (Ind.); Rebekah Mullins, Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio); Aspen Dirr, Huntington (Ind.); Victoria Harper, Spring Arbor (Mich.); Janie Reid, Carroll (Mont.); Mackenzie O'Dore, Rocky Mountain (Mont.); Emily Ransom, Biola (Calif.); Morgan Pedrick, The Master's (Calif.); Marissa DeWispelare, Doane (Neb.); Taylor Price, Xavier (La.); Sarah Kurpjuweit, Central Methodist (Mo.); Molly Pruett, Mount Mercy (Iowa); Maren Jeppson, Grand View (Iowa); Leslie Perona, Evangel (Mo.); Christa Follette, Friends (Kan.); Justine Vogele, Southwestern (Kan.); Lorena Moreno , Saint Mary (Kan.); Riley Kilian, Cumberland (Tenn.); Madison Dooley, Campbellsville (Ky.); Anna Havranek, Shawnee State (Ohio); Meg McGaha, Cumberlands (Ky.); Julia Manning, Georgetown (Ky.); Rachel Turi, Viterbo (Wis.); Maureen Rono, Wiley (Texas); Kara Rohlf, Point Park (Pa.); Janika Hutton, Carlow (Pa.); Melissa Gonzalez, Texas Wesleyan; Emily Poole, Dalton State (Ga.); Elle Hamilton, Blue Mountain (Miss.); LaDonna Bonner, Mobile (Ala.); Kendall Lane, Loyola (La.); Jaden Russell, William Carey (Miss.); Sydni Ogilvie, Southeastern (Fla.); Betsy Douglas, USC Beaufort (S.C.); Susanna Gutierrez, St. Thomas (Fla.); Charissa Broadway, Warner (Fla.); Therese Moberg, Keiser (Fla.); Abby Heiler, Aquinas (Mich.); Ashley Burnett, Indiana Tech; Shauri Thomas, Lourdes (Ohio)

2016 Women's Cross Country National Runners of the Week:
Week 1 (September 07): Marissa DeWispelare, Doane (Neb.) 
Week 2 (September 14): Lyndee Dawson, Biola (Calif.) 
Week 3 (September 21): Sierra Brown, Northwest Christian (Ore.)