ARKANSAS TECH'S MELISSA POLLREIS NAMED GSC'S
WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY RUNNER OF THE WEEK

        RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas – Arkansas Tech’s Melissa Pollreis has been named the Gulf South Conference’s Women’s Cross Country Runner of the Week on Tuesday.

Pollreis, a freshman from Gravette, Ark., won the honor after her strong performance at last Saturday’s 2006 Chile Pepper X-C Festival hosted by the University of Arkansas.

At the Chile Pepper meet, Pollreis ran a time of 25:10.1 to finish the 6,000-meter course at Agri Park in Fayetteville in 274th place overall. Pollreis’ time was a career-best for Pollreis in a 6K race.

Pollreis was the third Golden Sun runner to be named a Runner of the Week this season following junior Aoife Cooke (Youghal, Ireland) and redshirt freshman Eimear O’Brien (Sligo, Ireland).

Pollreis and her Golden Sun teammates return to action on Saturday, Oct. 21 when they compete at the GSC Cross Country Championship Meet in Huntsville, Ala. The GSC meet will begin with the women’s race at 9 a.m. and then conclude with the men’s race beginning at 10 a.m.

           -- Tech Athletics --