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Oct 14, 2009

Laws and Zywicki named RMAC Runners of the Week; Men up to fifth in nation, women enter national rankings at 22nd


GOLDEN, Colo. – Colorado School of Mines’ Sydney Laws and Ben Zywicki have been named the RMAC Women’s and Men’s Runners of the Week. This is the first time that Laws has earned this honor and the second time Zywicki has been named Runner of the Week.

Laws, a senior from Arvada, Colo. (Arvada West H.S.), posted her third top-ten finish in as many meets as the top finisher on the women’s side among the seven teams that competed in the meet for points. Laws placed second overall (18:15.65) out of 68 runners. A Pre-Season All-RMAC selection for the 2009 season, Laws won the Rust-Buster Invite and finished eighth overall out of 266 runners at the Woody Greeno Invite.

Zywicki, a junior from Colorado Springs, Colo. (Rampart H.S.), finished in the top five for the third consecutive meet and was the top finisher on the men’s side among the eight teams that competed for points. Zywicki finished second overall out of 102 runners (24:18.45). A Pre-Season All-RMAC selection, Zywicki won the Rust-Buster Invite and finished fifth overall out of 341 total runners at the Woody Greeno Invite.

In other cross country news, the CSM men moved up two spots to fifth in the national rankings. It is the third time in the last four years that the men have been ranked as high as fifth in the nation. The Oredigger men were ranked fifth during both the 2006 and 2007 seasons. The CSM women are ranked in the top 25 for the first time this season. The Oredigger women are currently ranked 22nd marking the first time the squad has been ranked since the 2006 pre-season rankings when the women began the season ranked 17th.

The Orediggers will compete at the RMAC Championships on Saturday, October 24th at Wash Park in Denver, Colo. The open race will begin at 8:45 am followed by the women's race at 10:00 am and the men's race at 11:00 am.

For more information about Colorado School of Mines Athletics, please contact Assistant Sports Information Director Katie Simons at ksimons@mines.edu.

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