Henry Lelei earns second SEC weekly running honor

Texas A&M senior Henry Lelei earned a second SEC cross country Runner of the Week honor as announced by the conference office today. Lelei shared the men's honor with Luis Orta of Kentucky.

Courtesy: Texas A&M Athletics

Release: 10/02/2012

BIRMINGHAM - Texas A&M senior Henry Lelei earned a second SEC cross country Runner of the Week honor as announced by the conference office today. Lelei shared the men's honor with Luis Orta of Kentucky.

The SEC women's Runner of the Week is Kentucky's Cally McCumber while the two Freshman of the Week honors were awarded to Missouri's Tyler Scheider and Andrina Schlaepfer of Arkansas.

Lelei placed second amid a field of 163 runners at the Notre Dame Invitational this past weekend, running a time of 23 minutes, 36 seconds over a five-mile course in South Bend, Indiana. The effort by Lelei led the Aggies to a seventh-place finish among a field of 10 nationally-ranked teams. Last season Lelei placed eighth in the Notre Dame race with a time of 24:16.

The first SEC Runner of the Week honor for Lelei came two weeks ago after he won the Rice Invitational in Houston.

In the updated national rankings for this week, the Texas A&M men dropped just outside of the top 30 in the USTFCCCA Coaches poll. The Aggies were No. 14 in the nation prior to the Notre Dame meet, but now are among teams receiving votes.

A&M also slid down one spot in the South Central region rankings. The Aggie men are No. 3 behind Texas and Arkansas while the A&M women are No. 4 behind Arkansas, Texas and SMU.

The Aggies return to action with a trip to the Wisconsin Invitational on Friday, Oct. 12. The loaded field of 45 teams includes 21 men's squads, including No. 1 Wisconsin, who are currently among the top 30 and 17 women's squads who are ranked in the top 30.

USTFCCCA COACHES NATIONAL RANKINGS

MEN (teams in bold will be at Wisconsin Inv. on Oct. 12)

Rank	Institution (FPV)	Points	Region	Conference
1	Wisconsin (8)	352	Great Lakes	Big Ten
2	Oklahoma State (2)	347	Midwest	Big 12
3	BYU (2)	343	Mountain	West Coast
4	Oklahoma	315	Midwest	Big 12
5	Iona	301	Northeast	Metro Atlantic
5	Portland	301	West	West Coast
7	Colorado	286	Mountain	Pac-12
8	Stanford	263	West	Pac-12
9	Tulsa	258	Midwest	Conf. USA
10	Syracuse	242	Northeast	Big East
11	Princeton	235	Mid-Atlantic	Ivy
12	Villanova	212	Mid-Atlantic	Big East
13	Notre Dame	196	Great Lakes	Big East
14	Florida State	193	South	ACC
15	Oregon	184	West	Pac-12
16	Minnesota	156	Midwest	Big Ten
17	Columbia	148	Northeast	Ivy
18	Northern Arizona	147	Mountain	Big Sky
19	Arkansas	136	South Central	SEC
20	Georgetown	125	Mid-Atlantic	Big East
20	Eastern Kentucky	125	Southeast	Ohio Valley
22	Texas	124	South Central	Big 12
23	William and Mary	121	Southeast	Colonial
24	Michigan	68	Great Lakes	Big Ten
24	Georgia	68	South	SEC
26	Indiana	57	Great Lakes	Big Ten
27	UCLA	54	West	Pac-12
28	New Mexico	52	Mountain	Mountain West
29	Virginia	45	Southeast	ACC
30	Missouri	35	Midwest	SEC
Others Receiving Votes: Kansas 28, Texas A&M 27, NC State 13, Iowa State 7, Arizona 6, Dartmouth 3, Florida 3, Virginia Tech 2, Washington State 2.

WOMEN (teams in bold will be at Wisconsin Inv. on Oct. 12)

Rank	Institution (FPV)	Points	Region	Conference
1	Florida State (11)	359	South	ACC
2	Arizona	336	West	Pac-12
3	Washington	332	West	Pac-12
4	Oregon (1)	327	West	Pac-12
5	Iowa State	308	Midwest	Big 12
6	Georgetown	294	Mid-Atlantic	Big East
7	Stanford	275	West	Pac-12
8	Michigan	267	Great Lakes	Big Ten
9	Cornell	246	Northeast	Ivy
10	Michigan State	237	Great Lakes	Big Ten
11	Arkansas	229	South Central	SEC
12	Vanderbilt	202	South	SEC
13	Weber State	188	Mountain	Big Sky
14	Penn State	177	Mid-Atlantic	Big Ten
15	Toledo	168	Great Lakes	Mid-American
16	Notre Dame	163	Great Lakes	Big East
17	William and Mary	157	Southeast	Colonial
18	Colorado	153	Mountain	Pac-12
19	New Mexico	152	Mountain	Mountain West
20	San Francisco	142	West	West Coast
21	Boston College	137	Northeast	ACC
22	Oklahoma State	120	Midwest	Big 12
23	Columbia	105	Northeast	Ivy
24	Villanova	98	Mid-Atlantic	Big East
25	Butler	83	Great Lakes	Atlantic 10
26	NC State	74	Southeast	ACC
27	Minnesota	59	Midwest	Big Ten
28	Providence	58	Northeast	Big East
29	Wisconsin	29	Great Lakes	Big Ten
30	Yale	23	Northeast	Ivy