Saint Leo senior Colett Rampf opened her final cross-country season with a first place at the Holloway Park Preseason Festival on Sept. 2 in Lakeland, boosting the Lions to a team title and her earning the first Sunshine State Conference Cross Country Runner of the Week honor for 2017.
Rampf posted a time of 10:18.09 in the 3K race (pace of 5:32.3 per mile) to finish first in a field of 116 runners. She led a Saint Leo contingent that finished in the top three, with junior Alyssa Bayliff and senior Lauren Csubak coming in second and third, respectively.
The weekly honor marks Rampf’s 13th SSC Runner of the Week award all-time during her four-year career. Meanwhile, Saint Leo finished with 27 team points, 10 better than second-place finisher, Embry-Riddle (37 points).
The Lions’ next event is Sept. 16, when they travel to Daytona Beach, for the Embry-Riddle Invitational.
