Northern Kentucky’s Joey Muller (Cincinnati, OH.) is the Great Lakes Valley Conference Men’s Cross Country Runner of the Week. The sophomore led the Norseto an eighth-place finish out of 30 teams at the Memphis Twilight Classic this past Saturday.
Mueller’s efforts helped the team finish with a score of 285. He led the way for the Norse and finished the 8K race with a time of 25:18, which was good for 32nd place. Mueller’s time was his personal best, an improvement of over 90 seconds from his best 8K in 2009. His time also marked the third-fastest 8K in NKU history.
The Norse will next compete on Oct. 2 at the Greater Louisville Classic.
Other top performers in the GLVC last week included Maryville’s Travis Blalock and UW-Parkside’s Ben Orvold.