ATLANTA, GA | On Tuesday, the SIAC office announced the Brian Kemei (Eldoret, Kenya, Kanga HS) was selected as the SIAC Male Runner of the Week for Cross Country. Senior Brian Kemei powered to a second-place finish in the men's 8K at the UNG Cross Country Invitational, clocking 26:31.0—a 1:11.8 improvement from last week's 27:42.8. Kemei finished just behind Georgia College's Evan Rehrauer (26:25.1) as Morehouse placed 6th with 181 points on a 2:31:45 team total (30:21 average). Morehouse returns to the course Friday at Albany State for the Willie Laster Cross Country Invite. For up-to-date athletic information on the Maroon Tigers, follow them on social media or online at www.morehouseathletics.com.

ABOUT THE SOUTHERN INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE (SIAC)
The SIAC is a NCAA athletic conference consisting primarily of historically black colleges and universities with headquarters in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. The SIAC includes 15 member institutions (Albany State University, Allen University, Benedict College, Central State University, Clark Atlanta University, Edward Waters University, Fort Valley State University, Kentucky State University, Lane College, LeMoyne-Owen College, Miles College, Morehouse College, Savannah State University, Spring Hill College, and Tuskegee University), which are located within a contiguous seven-state footprint (Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee and Ohio). The SIAC sponsors nine men's and seven women's sports and is a proud member of the NCAA Division II. For more information, visit www.thesiac.com.