FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – On Monday afternoon, the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced that redshirt junior Dominique Scott has been named Division I Cross County National Athlete of the Week for her efforts at last Saturday’s Missouri Southern Stampede.
National Athlete of the Week is an award selected and presented by the USTFCCCA Communications Staff at the beginning of each week to six collegiate cross country athletes (male and female for each of the three NCAA divisions).
This is the first National Cross Country Athlete of the Week award for Scott, who previously earned national honor during the 2014 indoor track & field season.
Scott, a 2013 NCAA All-American and last week’s Southeastern Conference Runner of the Week, turned in a career-best 5K time of 16:32.78 to win her second consecutive meet and record the best time in Missouri Southern Stampede meet history. The time of 16:32.78 surpasses her previous personal-best in the 5K by over 28.03 seconds.
Saturday’s meet-record time marks the second straight race that the Capetown, South Africa native has broken a meet 5K record time. Back on Sept. 6, Scott set the 5K standard at the adidas/UCI Invitational, winning the race in 17:12.50.
The individual title is the fourth of her career, as she previously won the adidas/UCI Invitational, the Aztec Invitational (Sept. 21, 2013) and the 2013 SEC Championship (Nov. 1, 2013).
The No.8 Razorbacks were able to pick up their third straight win to open the 2014 season. Arkansas finished with a rotation score of 24, as its top five runners all finished inside the top 10. Each runner in the Razorback scoring rotation set a new personal-best time in the 5K.
Arkansas will be back in action on Oct. 4, as they will run their only regular season meet in Fayetteville by participating in the Chile Pepper Invitational at Agri Park. Race time is slated for 10:20 a.m.
What The USTFCCA Website Had To Say About Scott:
DIVISION I WOMEN – Dominique Scott, Arkansas
Junior | Capetown, South Africa
Another weekend, another race, another meet record for Arkansas’ Dominique Scott. After opening her season with a dominant 17:12.5 win at the 5k UC Irvine adidas Invitational, she came back this weekend with a resounding 26-second win at the Missouri Southern Stampede in a career-best 16:32.78. Teammate Shannon Klenke was the only runner within half a minute of Scott, who defeated runners from Tulsa and Oklahoma.
This is the first National Cross Country Athlete of the Week award for Scott, who previously earned national honor during the 2014 indoor track & field season.
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