Peru State College Athletics

(Peru, Neb.) – Peru State College (PSC) Athletic Director Steve Schneider has announced that cross country runner Sarah Williams (Hiawatha, Kan.) has been selected as the female Bobcat Athletes of the Month for September. This is a second year for the new recognition the Bobcat athletic department started last fall in conjunction with its new website. 
 
Williams was selected as Peru State's Athlete of the Month because she was named the Heart of America Athletic Conference (HAAC) Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week for three consecutive weeks.  Her first HAAC CC Runner of the Week honor came following her performance at the Northwest Missouri University Bearcat Invitational where Williams finished fourth in a time of 23:34 in a 6K race.  Williams outran her nearest NAIA competitor by nearly 90 seconds. 
 
Then, on Sept. 15, Williams finished 33^rd out of 289 runners from all levels of competition, including NCAA Division I, in the Woody Greeno Invitational held at Pioneers Park in Lincoln.  Williams cut 30 seconds off her time she had run the previous week in a 6K meet and was the third-highest NAIA competitor.  The following week, Williams won the Dean White Invitational hosted by Doane College in Crete, Neb.  Williams ran the 5K course in 18:55 to win by 42 seconds.