Missouri Southern State University’s Lilah Genel earned MIAA Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Week honors following her performance at the 2025 Chile Pepper Festival Oct. 4 in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Genel, a junior, ran a personal best 17:36.60 in the women’s 5K race and finished fifth among non-Division I athletes at the event. She finished 41st overall in a field of 278 runners chock-full of D-I talent. ×

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