Cross Country’s Sem Named UNCP Athlete Of The Week

PEMBROKE – After registering a new personal record time of 24:24.16 in helping the Lady Braves take top honors at the Braves Cross Country Invitational on Saturday morning at Luther Britt Park, sophomore Annette Sem has been named this week's UNCP Athlete of the Week, athletic department officials announced Monday.

Sem, a Hope Mills native, finished just less than 11 seconds off the pace set by Coker's Kendyl Seawright en route to finishing second behind the three-time all-region performer for the Cobras. Sem's finish at the event bested her 2010 PBC Championship meet time of 24:28.93 by more than four seconds and marked the second top-5 finish of her collegiate career.

A second team all-conference selection as a freshman in 2009, Sem paced the Lady Braves in all seven of their competitions last season, including a first place team showing at the Mount Olive Invitational on Oct. 9, 2009, where Sem produced a 20:52 5K en route to second place individual medalist laurels.