For Immediate Release
Wednesday, September 6, 2023
NSIC Media Relations

NSIC Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Week
Khot Juac (Sr., Sioux Falls, S.D. / Washington HS) - Sioux Falls
- Finished second at the 5K Augustana Twilight, first among non-DI runners
- Ran a career best time of 17:32.06
- Recorded the highest finish for a USF running at the Augustana Twilight event
- Helped the Cougars to an eighth place team finish in the 29 team field

Other Top Performances
Aubrey Surage (AUGIE) placed fourth in the 5k run, second among non-DI runners, at the Augustana Twilight Surage finished the race in a personal-best 17:40.36, helping lead the Vikings to a third-place finish, first amongst non-DI foes.

Lauryn Renier (UMD) topped the scoring for the Bulldog women, finishing ninth overall and posting a time of 19:15.8 at the Oz Memorial.

MaKenna Thurston (MSU) led the Mavericks through the flat, five-kilometer course with a seventh-place time of 17:51.51, six seconds ahead of her pace at the Augie Twilight last fall. She was also third among Division II competitors.
 
NSIC Women's Cross Country Athletes of the Week
9/6/23
Khot Juac - Sioux Falls

About the NSIC
The NSIC is a 15-team, 18-sport, NCAA Division II conference with institutions located in Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. The NSIC is a model Division II conference that uses high-level athletics competition to develop champions in the classroom and community while empowering student-athletes to be impactful and positive leaders. Formed in 1992 by the merger of the Northern Intercollegiate Conference (men’s league) and the Northern Sun Conference (women’s league), the NSIC has flourished over the past quarter century, maturing into a union of Upper Midwest colleges and universities. The NSIC has won 25 team national championships and crowned 110 individual national champions. For additional information, visit NorthernSun.org.

About NCAA Division II
The NCAA, the national governing body for college athletics, is a volunteer association of more than 1,000 colleges and universities that classify their athletics programs in one of three membership divisions. The 300+ institutions in NCAA Division II support a balanced approach in which student-athletes can earn scholarships based on their athletic ability, pursue their desired academic degree, and participate in all the campus and surrounding community have to offer. Division II student-athletes annually graduate at rates higher than their student body peers, and they have access to the best championships-participant ratio among the NCAA’s three divisions. Division II gives student-athletes the unique opportunity to compete in the classroom, on the field, in their career, for their causes, and on their terms. For additional information, visit NCAA.org.