TOWSON, Md. – Junior Tommy Edwards and senior Kate Rice have been selected as the Landmark Conference Men's and Women's Cross Country Athletes of the Week, it was announced on Tuesday.
 
Edwards placed 22nd out of 152 Division I, II, and III runners to lead the Rangers to a sixth-place finish among 17 teams at the NJIT Invitational. He clocked a personal-record time of 27 minutes, 24 seconds for the 8,000-meter course to finish seventh among Division III competition. His efforts helped Drew finish third out of eight Division III schools.
 
Rice finished second among 109 runners to lead the Rangers to the team title in the "Open" race of the NJIT Invitational. She cruised the 5,000-meter course in 18 minutes, 54 seconds to finish just seven seconds behind Hannah Phillips of the United States Military Academy Preparatory School. Her efforts helped the Rangers to a team score of 27 as they beat our runner-up Delaware TC by 12 points while also finishing ahead of 10 other colleges. 
 
Drew's men's team continues its season on Saturday, when it travels to the Rowan University Inter-Region Border Battle, held at Gloucester Country Dream Park in Logan Township, N.J. The women's team's next race will take place on Oct. 23 at the Battle of Madison Avenue Tri-Meet with FDU-Florham and Saint Elizabeth University at the Giralda Far