SMU's Hannah Miller named AAC Women's Runner of the Year
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2017 8:52 pmFrom SMUMustangs.com:
Miller Named American Athletic Conference Women’s Runner of the Year
Sophomore Won The American Individual Title And Set School Record In 2017
Nov. 28, 2017
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (SMU/The American) – Hannah Miller has been named the American Athletic Conference Women’s Runner of the Year in a vote by the league’s head cross country coaches, the conference announced Tuesday.
The distance specialist capped off her sophomore season at the NCAA Championships, becoming the first Mustang to compete at the national meet in their first two years on the Hilltop since Agnes Sjostrom in 2013 and 2014.
Heading into nationals, Miller led SMU to a fourth place finish at the NCAA South Central Regional Championships with a record setting performance in the 6-kilometers. The Invercargill, New Zealand, native finished seventh overall with a time of 19 minutes, 50.7 seconds, crushing the school record set in 2011 by Silje Fjortoft (19:58.1).
Miller also claimed The American individual title with a time of 21:18 while leading SMU to a runner-up finish at the conference championship. It was Miller’s first collegiate victory as she became the first Mustang to win a conference individual title since Fjortoft in 2011.
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Hannah Miller’s 2017 Performances
Sept. 23: Virginia/Panorama Invitational – 5K
Earlysville, Virginia
17:49.8 – 13th place
Oct. 14: Pre-National Invitational – 6K
Louisville, Kentucky
20:41 – 45th place
Oct. 28: American Athletic Conference Championship – 6K
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
21:18.9 – 1st place
Nov. 10: NCAA South Central Regional Championship – 6K
College Station, Texas
19:50.7 – 7th place (SCHOOL RECORD)
Nov. 18: NCAA Championship – 6K
Louisville, Kentucky
20:52 – 121st place
Miller Named American Athletic Conference Women’s Runner of the Year
Sophomore Won The American Individual Title And Set School Record In 2017
Nov. 28, 2017
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (SMU/The American) – Hannah Miller has been named the American Athletic Conference Women’s Runner of the Year in a vote by the league’s head cross country coaches, the conference announced Tuesday.
The distance specialist capped off her sophomore season at the NCAA Championships, becoming the first Mustang to compete at the national meet in their first two years on the Hilltop since Agnes Sjostrom in 2013 and 2014.
Heading into nationals, Miller led SMU to a fourth place finish at the NCAA South Central Regional Championships with a record setting performance in the 6-kilometers. The Invercargill, New Zealand, native finished seventh overall with a time of 19 minutes, 50.7 seconds, crushing the school record set in 2011 by Silje Fjortoft (19:58.1).
Miller also claimed The American individual title with a time of 21:18 while leading SMU to a runner-up finish at the conference championship. It was Miller’s first collegiate victory as she became the first Mustang to win a conference individual title since Fjortoft in 2011.
Keep up with all the latest news and information on the Mustangs by following SMU Track & Field Team on Twitter at @SMUTrackFieldXC, on Facebook at Facebook.com/SMUTrackFieldXC, and on Instagram at Instagram.com/SMUTrackandXC. Twitter at @SMUMustangs or Instagram at SMU.Mustangs.
Hannah Miller’s 2017 Performances
Sept. 23: Virginia/Panorama Invitational – 5K
Earlysville, Virginia
17:49.8 – 13th place
Oct. 14: Pre-National Invitational – 6K
Louisville, Kentucky
20:41 – 45th place
Oct. 28: American Athletic Conference Championship – 6K
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
21:18.9 – 1st place
Nov. 10: NCAA South Central Regional Championship – 6K
College Station, Texas
19:50.7 – 7th place (SCHOOL RECORD)
Nov. 18: NCAA Championship – 6K
Louisville, Kentucky
20:52 – 121st place