Oklahoma City – Ayenew Devany and Kenzi Readnour of Oklahoma City are this week's Sooner Athletic Conference Digital Scoreboards Men's and Women's Cross Country Runners of the Week, the conference office announced Tuesday morning.
 
Men's Runner of the Week
 
Ayenew Devany
Oklahoma City, Graduate
Houston, Texas
 

• Took part in the Gans Creek Classic Black Division Race
• Placed first in the event that featured 257 runners from NCAA Division I, II, and III, NAIA, and junior colleges
• Had a time of 24:32.5 over the 8k course in his first race of the season
• His time is the 11^th-fastest in the NAIA this fall

 
Other Nominees - None
 
Women's Runner of the Week
 
Kenzi Readnour
Oklahoma City, Sophomore
Pauls Valley, Okla.
 

• Took part in the Gans Creek Classic Black Division Race
• Placed fourth in the event that featured 255 runners from NCAA Division I, II, and III, NAIA, and Junior Colleges

• Had a time of 21:25.6 over the 6k course, which is the eighth-fastest time in the NAIA this fall and tops in the conference
• This is her second weekly award of the season

 
Other Nominees - Shania Chavez, Oklahoma Panhandle State    
 
2026 SAC Men's and Women's Cross Country Athletes of the Week
 
September 8, 2026
Men - Mohamed Guled, Mid-America Christian
Female - Kenzi Readnour, Oklahoma City
 
September 15, 2026
Men – Derek Najera, John Brown
Women – Abigail Stucker, John Brown
 
September 22, 2026
Men - Mohamed Guled, Mid-America Christian
Women - Betzaidy Najera, Nelson
 
September 29, 2026
Men – Ayenew Devany, Oklahoma City
Women – Kenzi Readnour, Oklahoma City