Florida State's Mark Buckingham and Susan Kuijken Named ACC Cross Country Performers of the Week :: Buckingham and Kuijken collected individual titles in their races last weekend.

Sept. 4, 2007

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Florida State's Mark Buckingham and Susan Kuijken were named Atlantic Coast Conference Cross Country Performers of the Week after leading the Seminoles to victories this past weekend.

Buckingham clocked in with an event-best time of 25:33.45 in the 8K race to claim his first collegiate title of his career in the Seminoles' season opener at the Covered Bridge Open in Boone, N.C. The Huddersfield, England, senior edged teammate Matt Leeder by 0.55 at the tape to help Florida State to the victory in the five-team field.

Susan Kuijken

Kuijken collected her first individual title of the season in the five-team Covered Bridge Open in Boone, N.C. In leading the Seminoles to the team title, the Nijmegan, Netherlands, sophomore finished first by more than 18 seconds and her time of 18:00.03 was the second-fastest 5K mark of her career.