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MAC Tabs Leon as Week's Best
Oct. 9, 2007
ATHENS, Ohio - Craig Leon was tabbed as the winner of the MAC's Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week Award, the conference announced Tuesday. Leon (Van Wert) took third with a time of 25:24.10 at the All-Ohio Championship last weekend, leading the Ohio men to a third place team finish as well. It was the second third place finish for Leon, who took the bronze at the Notre Dame Invitational on Sept. 28, with a time of 24:46.00. Leon's back-to-back third place finishes comes after winning consecutive races to open the 2007 cross country season. The graduate student won the season-opening Mel Brodt Invitational at Bowling Green, Ohio, with a time of 24:39.21, his best mark this season. He won the following weekend at home in the Ohio Invitational with a time of 25:12.60. Leon graduated cum laude from Ohio with a degree in integrated language arts and is now earning his master's degree in athletic administration. ---------------------------- Joe Waltasti is the cross country contact in the Ohio media relations office. He can be reached via email at waltasti@ohio.edu and in the office at 740-593-0054.
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