Oklahoma City – Tanner Bailey and Keena Goze of College of the Ozarks are this week’s Sooner Athletic Conference Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Runners of the Week as announced by the conference office on Tuesday morning.
 
Bailey claimed his second consecutive weekly honor after competing in the Missouri Southern Stampede. Bailey was the top SAC and NAIA runner in the event as he placed 13th with a time of 24:15.2 on the 8K course. The time was a personal best as he also holds the third fastest time in the NAIA over 8K according to Athletic.net.
 
Other Nominees - Ian Sustaita Garcia, John Brown, Joseph Jayden Helm, Nelson, and Mohamed Zairi, Mid-America Christian.                      
 
Goze also took part in the Missouri Southern Stampede and finished the 5K course in a personal best time of 18:31.1 for a 22nd place finish in the event. Her time was the best out of SAC and NAIA runners that took part in the event.
 
Other Nominees - Betzaidy Najera , Nelson, Anna Claire Orr, John Brown, and Ashlyn Vasquez, Mid-America Christian.