Johns Hopkins' Austin Stecklair Selected Cross Country Runner of the Week

Posted: Oct 06, 2014

October 6, 2014

Austin Stecklair, Sr, Johns Hopkins
West Chester, Pa. / West Chester Henderson

Stecklair set a new personal-record running a 24:59 in the 8k at the Paul Short Invitational Gold race. Billed as the toughest race of the event, Stecklair led the team to a top-30 finish among a loaded group of predominantly Division I talent. Stecklair's time was a top-10 finish among non-Division I runners in the race and was the only Centennial Conference time under 25:00 on the men's side.

Notebook:

Dickinson senior Nick Stender ran to third place at the Geneseo Invitational on Saturday. He completed the 8k course in a time of 25:01 to lead the #12-ranked Red Devils to a second place finish behind the #9-ranked hosts.

Haverford junior Charlie Marquardt helped the Fords to a second place finish in the Brown Race of the Lehigh University Paul Short Invitational with a career-best time of 25:07. Marquardt finished ninth out of the 341 entrants and the Fords had seven runners place among the top 100 finishers in the event.

Gettysburg sophomore Ben Taber clocked a collegiate-best 8,000-meter time of 26:07 while finishing fifth among 220 runners in the Men's White Race of the Paul Short Invitational. He placed just 14 seconds behind the race winner and helped the Bullets finish third in a field of 22 teams.

Previous Men's Cross Country Runners of the Week:

	September 29, 2014 Charlie Marquardt, Jr, Haverford Pasadena, Calif. / Loyola Marquardt ran the best time for Haverford (19:44.80) in the Main Line Invitational and finished in ninth place. He was the highest non-Division I runner and knocked off 23 seconds from his time in last year's Main Line event.
	September 22, 2014 Nick Stender, Sr, Dickinson Chicago, Ill. / Latin School of Chicago Stender crossed the line first in front of 232 runners to claim the 8k race at the Dickinson Long/Short Invitational on Saturday. He crossed the line in 25:55 to lead the Red Devils to the team title in the 8k and their fourth straight overall combined team title.
	September 15, 2014 Jaryd Flank, So, Muhlenberg Easton, Pa. / Wilson Flank finished first in a field of 46 runners at the Cedar Crest/Muhlenberg Invitational to capture his first collegiate win. He completed the course in a time of 16:20.22 to lead a 1-2-3-4-5 Muhlenberg clean sweep across the finish line.
	September 8, 2014 Joey Steadman, So, Dickinson Downingtown, Pa. / Downingtown West Steadman was the top Division III runner on Friday at the Galen Piper Invitational at Shippensburg University. He completed the 6,000-meter course in a time of 19:33 to finish sixth overall and lead the 15th-ranked Red Devils to third place.
	September 2, 2014 Andrew Ceruzzi, Sr, Johns Hopkins Kensington, Md. / Albert Einstein Ceruzzi claimed first place at the Salisbury Fall Classic with a time of 25:45.84. The win is the first of his collegiate career. The Blue Jays won the meet, with five runners finishing in the top six. The No. 7 ranked Johns Hopkins men’s cross country team also placed first in the Baltimore Metro Invitational this weekend.