SAN BRUNO, Calif. – Pepperdine’s Lizzy Crawford repeated as the West Coast Conference Women’s Cross Country Runner of the Week after posting a school record in the UC Riverside Invitational.
 
WEST COAST CONFERENCE WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY RUNNER OF THE WEEK – LIZZY CRAWFORD, SR.  – PEPPERDINE
Lizzy Crawford – a member of the 2026 Women’s Cross Country All-Preseason Team – won her second straight Runner of the Week honor after breaking the school record in the 6K with her time in the UC Riverside Invitational, in which she finished in a team-best 10th place. Her time of 20:37.0 beat the previous record – set in 2010 – by over two seconds.
 
Also nominated: Bella Browne, San Francisco; Courtney Fitzgibbon, Saint Mary's; Camryn Kozak, San Diego; Aliyah Yearian, Santa Clara
 
2026 West Coast Conference Women’s Cross Country Runners of the Week 
September 8: Lizzy Crawford, Pepperdine
September 22: Lizzy Crawford, Pepperdine