Alva Review-Courier -

RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. - Southern Arkansas sophomore runner Cole Watson has been named the Great American Conference's Male Runner of the Week as announced by the league offices on Wednesday morning. The honor for the Bryant, Arkansas, native came after his performance at the highly-competitive Chile Pepper Festival in Fayetteville, Arkansas, this past weekend.

Watson raced to a 103rd finish out of 330 runners and recorded a career-best 10K time of 32:44.9. Watson's previous-best 10K time came in his final race as a freshman last season in which he finished the course at the NCAA Central Region Ch...