OGDEN, Utah -- Southern Utah University's Christian Ricketts was nominate Big Sky Cross Country Athlete of the Week after his performance at the Roy Griak Invitational.

Ricketts made his 2019 campaign debut in Minnesota where he lead the Thunderbirds with a time of 24:46.83 in the 8K taking a second place finish.

The junior athlete had last competed at the NCAA National Championships where he locked in a time of 31:14.1 in the 10K.

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