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HUNTINGTON UNIV MAGAZINE

Johnson, Njeri named Athletes of the Week

FOR RELEASE October 6, 2009

Lauren Johnson

Huntington, Ind.—The Huntington University Athletic Department announced its Athletes of the Week for the week of Oct. 5-11. Women’s cross country senior Lauren Johnson and men’s cross country senior Joseph Njeri earned the honors for their outstanding efforts during the week’s competitions.

Lauren Johnson, a senior exercise senior major from Huntington, Ind. (Huntington North High School), took home top honors at the annual E. DeWitt Baker Cross Country Invitational this past weekend. Johnson shaved four seconds off her personal best finishing first overall with a time of 18:29. She was nearly two and a half minutes faster than her competition.  

Joseph Njeri

Joseph Njeri, a senior sociology major from Nairobi led the Foresters to a first place finish at the E. DeWitt Cross Country Invitational on Saturday. As HU’s top finisher, he placed second overall with a time of 27:49.

The Huntington University Foresters compete in 14 intercollegiate sports for men and women. In the past eleven years, Huntington has produced 64 NAIA All-America honors and 158 All-America Scholar Athlete honors. Huntington University is a comprehensive Christian college of the liberal arts offering graduate and undergraduate programs in more than 70 academic concentrations. U.S.News & World Report ranks Huntington among the best colleges in the Midwest.

Huntington University is a comprehensive Christian college of the liberal arts offering graduate and undergraduate programs in more than 70 academic concentrations. U.S.News & World Report ranks Huntington among the best colleges in the Midwest. In 2008, Forbes.com listed the university as one of America’s Best Colleges. Additionally, Princeton Review named the institution to its “Best in the Midwest” 2009 list. Founded in 1897 by the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, Huntington University is located on a contemporary, lakeside campus in northeast Indiana. The University is a member of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU).

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