Indianapolis, Ind. – The University of Southern Indiana’s Allison Shafer (Plainfield, Ind./North Daviess) is the Great Lakes Valley Conference Women’s Cross Country Runner of the Week. The sophomore runner finished second overall at the Southern Illinois Saluki Invitational on Oct. 7.
Shafer completed the 5K course in a time 17:56.24 and helped the Screaming Eagles claim second place as a team in the nine-team event.
She is the first GLVC runner to finish under the 18 minute mark this season and she finished the course 1:08 faster than she did in 2005. Shafer was just eight seconds off the winning pace set by Missouri-Kansas City’s Sara Hiller (17:48.66).
Southern Indiana finished the meet with 56 points, just six points behind Southern Illinois. The Salukis posted a total of 50.
Southern Indiana is idle this weekend and will return to action at the GLVC Championships to be held at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville on Oct. 21.