CONWAY, Ark. – After a successful first week of the season, the Central Arkansas cross country teams pulled in three of the four weekly awards, sweeping the women's side and claiming the men's Freshman of the Week.
 
The women's team, which won the UCA Bear Invitational last weekend, earned both the Runner of the Week and the Freshman of the Week. Brooklyn Nicholson claimed the Freshman of the Week award after finishing 15^th of 39 runners, and set herself a quality mark of 18:32.00.
 
Madeline Hill cruised to a first-place finish at the Bear Invitational, leading her team to a win with a 16:58.0 finish. She was the lone runner in the three-mile race to finish sub-17:00, and helped the Bears open the season with a big home win.
 
Trae Baker earned the Men's Freshman of the Week after placing fourth in his first meet of his Central Arkansas career, grabbing the top spot on the team with a finish of 14:42.30 to help the Bears finish second in their first meet of the season.
 
It marks the first batch of awards for the Bears this season, and marks Hill's second Runner of the Week of her career. The women's team has now matched the men's team, sweeping a week's worth of awards. The men's team did so with the first weekend of last year's awards, claiming both runner (Pete Johnson) and freshman (Ky Bickford).