For the second time this season, the University of Pikeville has the runner of the week in the AAC.
 
Kelvin Kurgat, a junior from Eldoret, Kenya, has earned the honor after a big performance in the Jenna Strong Fall Classic in Wilmington, Ohio.
 
Kurgat finished 10^th in a field of 197 runners in the field, covering 8K in a time of 26:00.8.
 
Thanks to his strong performance, the Bears finished sixth in the 18-team event.
 
This is the second time this season Kurgat has been named runner of the week. He earned the title after finishing fourth out of 278 runners in the Louisville Classic with a time of 25:43.5 on Oct. 3.
 
It was in that meet that Kurgat established a new program standard for an 8K race.
 
In doing so, he became the first Bear to be named runner of the week.
 
UPike's cross country program will wrap up the regular season on Friday when it travels to Knoxville, Tenn., to compete in the Appalachian Challenge.