Fifth-year senior Rachel Zajac was named IUPUI's Female Athlete of the Month for August after winning the season opening Meijer Flyer 5K on Aug. 31 in Kettering, Ohio.
Zajac collected her first-ever race win, covering the 5K course in a time of 18:25.2, beating her closest competitor by nearly 11 seconds. Her time was less than a second off her best-ever 5K.
Zajac became the first IUPUI runner to win a race since the 2000 season and was later tabbed The Summit League's Athlete of the Week, becoming the first Jaguar to win the award since 2002.
With Zajac at the front, IUPUI finished second of seven schools, falling to only the region's No. 7 ranked Ohio State squad.
