Athlete Awards

Athletes of the Week

Harold Smith

Harold Smith

  • Award
    Athletes of the Week
  • Week Of
    11/8/2017
  • Sport
    Men's Cross Country
  • Bio
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Led senior Harold Smith the Lee University men's cross country team placed four runners in the top 26 on its way to winning its second consecutive NCAA Division II South Region Championship Saturday morning at the Holloway Park & Nature Reserve. The Flames earned an automatic berth to the 2017 NCAA Division II National Championships that will be held at the Angel Mounds State Park in Evansville, Ind., on Nov. 18. It will be the program's third trip to nationals in as many years.

The Flames posted 82 points, 10 points ahead of runner-up Alabama Huntsville. Saint Leo University finished third (141) to claim the final automatic bid from the South Region.

Smith was the first Lee runner to complete the 10K course. Smith finished fifth overall with a time of 33:10.26. The Cleveland native was named to the All-Region team for the third straight season.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
10/24/2017 Christian Noble Men's Cross Country
10/17/2017 Jared McWhorter Men's Soccer
10/17/2017 Taylor Green Women's Soccer
10/11/2017 Summer Lanter Women's Soccer
10/11/2017 Tristen Putnam Men's Soccer
10/3/2017 Christian Noble Men's Cross Country
10/3/2017 McKenzie Bricker Women's Soccer
9/26/2017 Haley Gribler Women's Soccer
9/26/2017 Tristen Putnam Men's Soccer
9/20/2017 Christian Noble Men's Cross Country
9/19/2017 Summer Lanter Women's Soccer
9/12/2017 Tristen Putnam Men's Soccer
9/12/2017 Emily Buwalda Women's Cross Country
9/7/2017 Silvia Sartori Volleyball
9/7/2017 Drew Jackson Men's Soccer
6/2/2017 Justin Brooks Men's Track and Field
6/2/2017 Sam Burrus Women's Golf
5/9/2017 Harold Smith Men's Track and Field
5/9/2017 Stevie Baird Softball
5/3/2017 Sam Burrus Women's Golf
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