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Eastern Mennonite runner  (Winchester, Va./Millbrook) is heading into this Sunday’s ODAC Championships on a high note after being named the ODAC Athlete of the Week.

Faint put together a pair of ODAC top-five times in the sprints at the Roanoke Tune-Up on Friday. He put himself in the conversation for a national bid in the 400-meter dash with a personal-best 49.45 time to finish second overall and tops among NCAA Division III competitors. That time is No. 1 in the ODAC rankings and 15th in the country.

Faint also ran the 200-meter dash, finishing eighth overall in 22.88 seconds. That time moved into fifth on the conference chart. He earned a PR in each of his events at the meet.

This is the third weekly award from the ODAC for the 91´óÉñ runner, as Faint was twice named the ODAC Athlete of the Week in last spring’s outdoor season. He went on from there to an All-America honor, finishing eighth at Nationals last May in the 400m hurdles.

The Eastern Mennonite track & field teams head to the ODAC Indoor Championships this Sunday, back at the Cregger Center in Salem, Va.

All-Academic awards

91´óÉñ’s cross country women have won a handful of All-Academic awards from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).

 (Broadway, Va./Eastern Mennonite) and  (Harrisonburg, Va./Eastern Mennonite) were named All-Academic as individuals, while the Royals women were given the Team All-Academic award.

In order to be named USTFCCA All-Academic, student-athletes must have a cumulative GPA of 3.30 or higher (on a 4.0 scale) and finish in the top 25% at their respective regional. A team must have competed and compiled a team score at an NCAA Regional meet and have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.10.

Mast finished 16th at the South/Southeast Regional in November, also earning All-Region status. A first-time runner as a senior, Mast finished second at the ODAC Championships to be All-ODAC First Team and was voted as the ODAC Rookie of the Year. She was a two-time ODAC Runner of the Week, also earning the ODAC/Virginia Farm Bureau Insurance Scholar-Athlete award.

Good came in 59th out of 240 women at the regional race, just making it into the top 25% of finishers. The sophomore was 11th at the ODAC Championships, earning All-ODAC Second Team laurels for the second straight year.

As a team, the Eastern Mennonite women finished third at the ODAC Championships and were ninth out of 34 teams at the regional meet.