CHARLOTTE, NC - For the fourth time in five weeks, the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Women’s Cross Country Runner of the Week has gone on to earn the NJCAA Division 1 Women’s Cross Country Runner of the Week honors as Elizabeth Hernandez has picked up her second national award of the season.

Elizabeth Hernandez (Butler) – KJCCC Women’s Cross Country Runner of the Week
Grizzly sophomore Elizabeth Hernandez finished in fifth place out of 262 participants at the Gans Creek Classic in Columbia, Missouri on Saturday. Hernandez finished her 6K with a time of 22:11.8, finishing as the highest-finishing NJCAA runner in the meet.