University of the Cumberlands Athletics

Luca Santorum earned athlete of the week honors after a pair of races and capturing both the MSC Athlete of the Year and MSC Freshman of the Year honor.  Santorum opened the championship as he pulled away from the field to win the one-mile race.  He clocked a winning time of 4:22.68.  Santorum followed that up by winning the 1,000 meter race, taking top honors in one of the fastest races of the day.  While three runners clipped the meet record, Santorum pulled away from the field to clock a 2:23.87, which is the fastest time in the NAIA this season.  He was also part of UC’s 4x800 relay that placed third and earned Santorum his third MSC All-Conference accolade of the meet.