West Lafayette, Ind. – Purdue cross country runners Jacob Hanawalt and Megan Slamkowski were recognized as the program's 2018 Big Ten Sportsmanship Award honorees, announced by the conference office Tuesday.
Hanawalt earns the honor following a top-30 finish at the 2018 Big Ten Championships in Lincoln, Nebraska. The redshirt senior shaved 34 seconds off his time from a year ago, placing 30th with a time of 24:26.6 to help the men's team to its best B1G finish in 33 years.
Slamkowski has placed in the top-11 twice this season at the Crusader Open and the John McNichols Invitational. Like Hanawalt, the Fishers, Indiana native also took 34 seconds off her previous Crusader Open meet time to place 10th with a time of 17:51.4 in the season-opening 5k.
The duo's honors follow Jaret Carpenter and Emma Benner's recognition a year ago.
The Big Ten Sportsmanship award honors one male and one female student-athlete from each program. Individuals are chosen based on their sportsmanship and ethical behavior, academic standing and have demonstrated good citizenship outside of the sports-competition setting.
Hanawalt earns the honor following a top-30 finish at the 2018 Big Ten Championships in Lincoln, Nebraska. The redshirt senior shaved 34 seconds off his time from a year ago, placing 30th with a time of 24:26.6 to help the men's team to its best B1G finish in 33 years.
Slamkowski has placed in the top-11 twice this season at the Crusader Open and the John McNichols Invitational. Like Hanawalt, the Fishers, Indiana native also took 34 seconds off her previous Crusader Open meet time to place 10th with a time of 17:51.4 in the season-opening 5k.
The duo's honors follow Jaret Carpenter and Emma Benner's recognition a year ago.
The Big Ten Sportsmanship award honors one male and one female student-athlete from each program. Individuals are chosen based on their sportsmanship and ethical behavior, academic standing and have demonstrated good citizenship outside of the sports-competition setting.