Point Park's Shields gets another RSC Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio -- Point Park (Pa.) University senior Anna Shields placed first at the NCAA Division I University of Akron Invitational this past weekend to claim River States Conference Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week for Sept. 3-9.
The Torrington, Conn., product won the 5,000-meter race with a time of 17 minutes, 33 seconds. There were 104 runners in the race with about half of those from NCAA Division I. Shields' latest victory led the No. 17-ranked Pioneers to sixth place as a team. She was one of two runners under 18:00 at the meet.
Point Park returns to action Sept. 22 at the Lock Haven University Invitational.