NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA . – No. 4 West Texas A&M Men's Cross Country freshman runner Meshack Keter was named United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) National Athlete of the Week for the third time this season. Keter won the Old Glory Gallop Saturday morning in Fort Worth, Texas.
 
The Eldoret, Kenya native went wire-to-wire in the meet to pace the Buffs with a time of 22:52.31. That time was a PR for Keter as well as the fastest time recorded by a DII runner this season. The Freshman beat out 488 runners as he won his second consecutive meet and WT won their third meet of the season as a team.
 
This is the third time that Keter has been named USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week with the first time coming September 21 following the Texas Tech Open and the second coming on October 5.
 
Keter and the rest of the No. 4 Buffs will be back in action on Saturday, November 7 as they compete in the Lone Star Conference Championship.
 
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