Women’s Runner of the Week
Frida Barrera, Valley City State (N.D.)
Sophomore I Clara City, Minn.
Valley City State’s (N.D.) Barrera produced a record-setting performance at the NCAA Division II Augustana Invitational (S.D.) on Sept. 25.
Competing in a field of 263 runners, Barrera completed the 6-kilometer race in 21 minutes, 20.7 seconds to finish 15th overall.
Her time shattered Valley City State’s previous 6K school record of 22:27.8 by more than a minute. Barrera also improved her previous personal best by 1 minute, 8.2 seconds.
This is Barrera’s first career Erck Hotels/Frontier Conference Player of the Week award.