Joliet's Lehmann tabbed NJCAA DIII Runner of the Week

The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) has named Joliet Junior College's Tiffany Lehmann as the Division II Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week for September 14-20 (Week 3). The award is the first such honor for Lehmann, and the first this season for the Wolves.

Lehmann, a freshman from Joliet, Illinois, placed third at the 5,000-meter Heartland Invitational in Normal, Illinois, on September 18. Her time of 20:29 was the best by a NJCAA Division III runner and came in Lehmann's first-ever cross country race. The former JJC women's soccer player helped push the Wolves to a third-place finish collectively

Lehmann has also earned national runner of the week honors from the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) for September 22 and September 29. She and the Wolves currently the #1-ranked team in the USTFCCCA NJCAA DIII Coaches Poll.

(Image courtesy of Joliet Junior College Athletics)