Laura Cummings Named America East Cross Country Athlete of the Week

Courtesy: UAlbany Sports Information

Cambridge, Mass. – University at Albany’s Laura Cummings has been named the America East Conference Female Cross Country Athlete of the Week, as announced by the conference office on Tuesday afternoon.

Cummings, a junior transfer from the University of North Carolina, led UAlbany to a ninth-place finish at Iona’s 13th Annual Br. John "Paddy" Doyle Meet of Champions at Van Cortlandt Park on Saturday, Sept. 22. Cummings completed the 6,000-meter course in a time of 22:20.4 to place eleventh individually. Cummings, who placed first at the Monmouth Cross Country Kick-Off on Sept. 1 and second at Stony Brook’s Seawolves Invitational on Sept. 7, has led the Great Danes to top-10 finishes in all three meets this season.