SAM DAUNT | WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY
Daunt, a sophomore from Haymarket, Va., collects his second ODAC weekly award of the season after placing fifth at the Division III Pre-Nationals hosted at the Roger Milliken Center in Spartanburg, S.C., home of the 2025 Division III Cross Country Championships in November. Daunt and his Washington and Lee teammates carried the ODAC banner in the field of 132 runners. Daunt used a 4:59.7 per-mile pace to post a 24:49.7 time on the 8K course, just 20 seconds back of race-winner BJ Sorg from North Central College. Daunt's time is the best 8K mark in the ODAC this season.
Washington and Lee, ranked 18th in the country by the USTFCCCA, finished third as a team with 82 points. The Generals trailed sixth-ranked North Central (59) and 17th-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges (63).