Bowling Green, KY – Following an individual victory at the NAIA Appalachian Challenge, Lea Kunstmann was named the Mid-South Conference Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week, conference officials announced Monday.

The Freising, Bavaria, Germany native captured the individual title in the 199-runner field, completing the 5K course in 17:40.8. The performance marked the second-fastest 5K time of Kunstmann's Cumberlands career.

Kunstmann's performance helped lead the 25th-ranked Patriots to a runner-up finish in the 20-team field with 77 points.

The sophomore earns her second MSC Runner of the Week honor of the season and the fourth of her career.

Kunstmann and the Patriots return to competition on Friday, November 6, at the Mid-South Conference Championships in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

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