CORPUS CHRISTI – Senior cross country runner Philipp Baar has been named the GoIslanders.com Student-Athlete of the Week,
presented by Pepsi. Baar led the men's cross country team to a sixth-place team finish at the Texas A&M Invitational over the weekend.
The Schwerin, Germany native posted a career-best time (18:24.8) in the 6k at the Invitational. He finished the event third out of 122 runners and over 20 seconds better than any Southland opponent.
The meet featured 11 schools ranked in the South Central region of the latest USTFCCCA poll.
Baar and the rest of the Islanders cross country squad will return to action this weekend as they host their annual Islanders Splash at West Guth Park. The college race will be Friday at 6 p.m. and the high school and middle school races will begin Saturday at 8 a.m.
Keep up-to-date with GoIslanders.com each week to see who is named the GoIslanders.com Student-Athlete of the week, presented by Pepsi. Also, for the latest information, follow Islanders Athletics on Twitter an Instagram (@Go_Islanders) and Facebook (Islanders Athletics).
2014-15 GoIslanders.com Student-Athlete of the week, presented by Pepsi Weekly Winners:
9-2-14: Brianna Brink, Volleyball
9-9-14: Ashley Phelps, Volleyball
9-16-14: Ricardo Mayagoitia, Men's Tennis
9-23-14: Philipp Baar, Men's Cross Country
