Posted: Dec 14, 2017

Pima runner Bruno named ACCAC Runner of the Year

Freshman Katherine Bruno (Canyon del Oro HS) was named ACCAC Runner of the Year. She won the ACCAC Championship race in Sept. and earned second place at the Region I Championships. Photo by Raymond Suarez

Pima Community College women's cross country runner Katherine Bruno (Canyon del Oro HS) received a huge honor from the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference.

Bruno, a freshman, was named ACCAC Conference Runner of the Year.

She took first place at the ACCAC Championships with a 5K race finishing time of 18 minutes, 37.9 seconds. Her best time in a 5K race came at the NJCAA Region I Championships where she took second place at 18:35.7.

Bruno was selected NJCAA National Athlete of the Week on Oct. 9. She fell short of NJCAA All-American status as she placed 18^th out of 311 competitors at the NJCAA National Championships. The top 15 finishers earned All-American status.

Bruno will compete in Pima's track & field season. The first meet is the Aztec Indoor Invitational at the West Campus track on Jan. 20. The meet begins at 11:00 a.m.