A senior distance runner, Wilkins earned first-team All-MEC honors at the MEC Championship meet on Oct. 24 after claiming a fifth-place finish in the 8,000-meter race with a time of 28:54.1. Wilkins was the fastest Cavalier in the race as he led the men's cross country team to a fifth-place team finish at the conference championship in Bridgeport, West Virginia.
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The Fredericksburg, Virginia (Riverbend H.S.), native was named MEC Male Runner of the Week for the second time this season on Oct. 13 after running a personal best 8K race at the Royals Challenge meet in Charlotte, North Carolina. The junior ran the course in a time of 26:19 to place 40th among all NCAA non-Division I runners and 74th overall in a race that featured a total of 345 runners from NCAA Division I, II and III teams.
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Earlier this month Wilkins helped lead the Cavs to a team title at the Hagan Stone Classic in Kernersville, North Carolina, by taking home fourth place in the 8K race.
