ROCK HILL, S.C. – Emory & Henry College freshman Delaney Eller (Salem, Va.) has been selected as the South Atlantic Conference Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week for meets completed during the third week of the season, league officials announced Tuesday morning. She is the first E&H student-athlete to in school history to earn weekly honors from the SAC.

Eller was the top SAC finisher at the Queen City Invite last week. She completed the 5K course in 20:49, placing 19th overall in the event. Additionally, Eller helped the Wasps earn a 10th-place finish as a team. Her time beat her previous collegiate best by 1:22.

This marks the first time since the 2013 season that an Emory & Henry women's cross country runner has received league runner-of-the-week honors. That year, then-sophomore Leslie Sierra was lauded as the Old Dominion Athletic Conference Runner of the Week for her performance on October 14.

The Wasps return to action on Friday, October 7, when they make the trip to Charlotte, North Carolina to compete in the Royals Cross Country Challenge, hosted by Queens (N.C.) University of Charlotte. 

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