Annika Urban Named UAA Athlete of the Week for Sixth Time

Annika Urban Named UAA Athlete of the Week for Sixth Time

Senior Annika Urban earned UAA Athlete of the Week honors for a sixth time this season after she put a cap on a tremendous cross country season this past weekend at the NCAA Championships.

Competing on a snow-covered course in Lansing, Michigan, Urban ended her season with All-America honors as she finished sixth overall in a field of 292 runners with a time of 22:09.2. It marks the second straight season Urban has raced to All-America honors after finishing 12th at the 2021 NCAA Championships.

Her sixth place finish in 2022 is the second-highest finish by an Eagle at the NCAA Championships in program history, joining Vista Beasley who finished third at the 1997 championships. Urban also joins Sarah Byrd (2000 & 2001) as the only two-time All-Americans in Emory women's cross country history.

The Eagles finished 25th at the NCAA Championships, recording 584 points as a team.