LOGAN, Utah – Utah State women's cross country runners Malia Lowe and Sara Abbott were both honored by the Mountain West on Tuesday for their respective performances last Friday at the Steve T. Reeder Memorial Invitational.

Lowe was named the MW Women's Athlete of the Week, while Abbott was tabbed the Freshman of the Week.

Lowe, a sophomore, clocked a time of 18:23.68 over the 5-kilometer Steve & Dona Reeder Cross Country Course to place second overall and help the Aggies win the race with 20 points – 23 better than runner-up College of Southern Idaho.

That native of Kuna, Idaho, was one of five Utah State runners to place in the top seven.

For Abbott, the native of Salem, Oregon, placed 11th overall with a time of 19:02.56. She was the sixth Aggie (out of 15) to cross the finish line.

Utah State is back in action on Friday, Oct. 13, when it travels to Madison, Wisconsin, to compete in the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational.

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