BAILEE MILLER NAMED GSC'S WOMEN'S RUNNER OF THE WEEK

        RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas – Arkansas Tech freshman Bailee Miller has been named this week’s Gulf South Conference Women’s Cross Country Runner of the Week on Wednesday by the league office in Birmingham, Ala.

Miller, a native of Dover, Ark., earns this week’s honor after running an 18:23 to finish in third place overall and first place among runners competing with their teams at last Saturday’s Brook Memphis Twilight Run held at the Mike Rose Soccer Complex in Memphis, Tenn. Her time of 18:23 is tied for the fourth fastest 5,000-meter time in school history. Former Golden Sun Siobhan Lenihan also ran a time of 18:23 at the 2002 GSC Championship Meet in Huntsville, Ala.

“Bailee really ran a great race last weekend and more than held her own against some the top competition in the Southeast,” Golden Suns Head Coach Tom Aspel said Wednesday.

At the Memphis Twilight Meet, Tech finished 11th out of 24 teams (255 points) and was third among the non-Division I teams at the meet.

          Miller becomes the first Golden Suns runner to be named a Runner of the Week this season and the sixth overall since the league began the weekly honor in 2006.

The Golden Suns return to action this coming Friday when they host its second-annual Tech Twilight Run. The meet, which will feature both men’s and women’s teams, begins at 6:30 at Tucker Coliseum.

           -- Tech Athletics --