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Reese Sion of Cal Poly Humboldt has been named the CCAA Women’s Cross Country Runner of the Week, for the week of Sept. 11-17.
Sion won the Jim Hunt Humboldt Invitational at the Beau Pre Golf Course in McKinleyville on Saturday. She posted a time of 23:22.3, besting the field of 28 runners in the 6K run. Sion sprinted past SOU’s Alejandra Lopez (23:22.4) in the final 25 meters for a photo-finish win. [
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In the team’s first outing this season, Cal Poly Humboldt finished second in the team competition behind Southern Oregon. This was Sion’s first collegiate win and her first runner of the week award.
Humboldt travels north to Monmouth, Ore., for the Mike Johnson Classic at the Ash Creek Preserve, which will be the site of the NCAA West Regionals on Nov. 4.