Mia Cochran earns SEC Freshman of the Week honor

BIRMINGHAM – Mia Cochran claimed the SEC Freshman of the Week honor following her debut race as a Razorback in the Oklahoma State Jamboree this past weekend.

Racing in an elite field, which included 12 nationally ranked teams, Cochran placed 24th with a time of 20:54.5 among 223 runners on a very challenging course. Cochran finished fourth among freshmen in the race, following a pair of true freshmen from Oklahoma State along with one from Stanford.

Among times produced in the SEC so far this season, Cochran ranks second among freshmen and 10th overall at the 6,000m distance.

Cochran, from Moon, Pa., only trails Ole Miss freshman Sophie Baumann by half a second as Baumann ran 20:54.0 on the Ole Miss course earlier this month. Also racing in the Jamboree, Baumann finished 114th with a time of 22:10.7.

Second finisher among the Arkansas squad, Cochran was one of three Razorbacks racing for the first time this season. All-American Isabel van Camp placed 10th to lead Arkansas while Sydney Thorvaldson, competing in her first cross country race since December of 2022, finished 44th as the third Razorback.