This week on Hawk Talk, Roger Williams University Cross Country senior captains Amanda Naylor and Connor Smith joined the podcast. They sat down with host Bryce Johnson to discuss the 2019 Commonwealth Coast Conference Women's Championship race, what it means to them to be named team captains, and running in a Nor'easter.

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-2infn-10dfeef

https://youtu.be/IuPYm6tXuaQ



Naylor is a fourth-year member of both the Hawks Cross Country and Track & Field teams. As a freshman in 2018, she took 30th place at the Commonwealth Coast Conference Championship. She moved all the way up to 17th place with a personal-best time of 24:22.29 in the 6K conference championship race as a sophomore and helped the team claim its 12th CCC title. Her time at that race is also tied for the 20th fastest 6K time in program history. This season, she looks to break into the top-15 at the conference championship race to earn All-CCC honors for the first time in her career. Off the course, Naylor has enjoyed academic success and is a two-time member of the conference All-Academic Team.
 
Smith is also a fourth-year member for RWU running both cross country and track & field. As a freshman, he placed 81st at the CCC Championship with a time of 33:32.3. In 2019, as a sophomore, he dropped to 83rd place but also saw his time drop by more than two minutes from the previous season finishing the five-mile race in 31:18.90. Last fall, Smith was named to the Fall All-Academic Team for the first time in his career.