Hannah Diete Earns SSC Freshman of the Year Honors

MELBOURNE, Fla. – The Sunshine State Conference has announced its 2024 men's and women's cross country runner and freshman regular season standouts, honoring University of Tampa runner Hannah Diete as the SSC Freshman of the Year. Christian Giller of Florida Southern and Jillian Thorning of Nova Southeastern receive Runner of the Year accolades, while Ben Peck from Florida Tech and Hannah Diete from Tampa capture Freshman of the Year nods. Diete opened the season with a 14th-place finish at the the Holloway Park Kick-off 4.2k and a 13th-place finish at the UNF 5K. The Chicago product rounded out the regular...