Tech's Yossef Earns Runner of the Week Honors
September 25, 2000 | Men's Cross Country
Sept. 25, 2000
LUBBOCK, Texas - Texas Tech senior Gezachw Yossef was honored as the Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week by the conference office on Monday.
Yossef, a senior from Ashdod, Israel, crossed the finish line in second-place among 87 runners at the Sundodger Invitational in Seattle, Wash., Saturday. He finished less than 18 seconds behind first-place finisher Mark Pilja of Michigan with a time of 24:17.91 on the 8K course. The Red Raiders finished fourth in a field of nine teams behind Washington, Michigan and UCLA. Last season, Texas Tech finished sixth at the Sundodger Invite.
Missouri's Ann Marie Brooks joined Yossef in the weekly honor, earning Big 12 Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week.
Brooks, a two-time All-Big 12 harrier, finished sixth in the women's 6K at the Roy Griak Invitational in Lincoln, Neb., last Saturday with a time of 21:43. The senior led her team to a 12th-place finish out of 31 teams, with seven squads ranked in last week's FinshLynx Women's National Cross Country Coaches Poll. The 20th-ranked Tigers edged out No. 16 Colorado State and 23rd-ranked Marquette. Brooks, a senior from St. Joseph, Mo., joins teammate Kerry Hils, who took runner of the week honors on Sept. 11.
Missouri heads to the Lakefront Invitational in Chicago, Ill., this weekend, while Texas Tech will participate in the 64th-annual Cowboy Jamboree, hosted by Oklahoma State.