BRENTWOOD - Austin Peay State University junior Enock Langat" href="http://www.apsugovernors.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=91932&SPID=10669&DB_OEM_ID=16900&ATCLID=1580192&Q_SEASON=2010">Enock Langat was named the Ohio Valley Conference's Male "Runner of the Week," the league office announced, Tuesday.

Langat, of Litein, Kenya, finished 14th - 11th among collegiate runners - finished the five-kilometer course in 16:08.37 to lead the Govs to a fifth-place finish at the Belmont-Vanderbilt Cross Country Opener, Friday. The field included regionally-ranked Tennessee and Lipscomb as well as Vanderbilt and Middle Tennessee. He was one of two runners not among those four teams to finish among the top 20 collegiate runners.

"This is a wonderful honor for Enock," said Austin Peay cross country head coach Doug Molnar. "It an early reward for all of the hard work he's put in since last season ended. I believe Enock is only going to get better as the year goes on.

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