Stucker’s Record Run Earns NAIA National Weekly Honor

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — After rewriting the John Brown University record book with the fastest 5K in women’s program history, sophomore Abigail Stucker was named the NAIA Women’s Cross Country Runner of the Week on Wednesday afternoon (Sept. 16), marking the first national weekly award in program history. Stucker, a Fort Worth, Texas native, placed fifth in a field of 138 runners at Missouri State’s Queen City After Dark on Friday evening (Sept. 11), finishing the 5K in 17:44. Her time lowered the previous JBU standard by two seconds, surpassing the 17:46 set in 2020 by four-time All-American Allika Pearson…