Runner of the Week 9/19/16

Jaryd Flank, Sr, Muhlenberg
Easton, Pa./Wilson Area

Flank won his second meet of the season, finishing first at the Moravian Invitational to lead Muhlenberg to the team title. His time of 25:54.21 was 33 seconds better than the next collegiate runner.

MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY NOTEBOOK:

Gettysburg senior Ben Taber raced to a fifth-place showing among 217 runners at the Kutztown University DII/DIII Challenge. He was the top Division III finisher and placed behind only four Division II national qualifiers from last season.

Senior Schaffer Ochstein led the Blue Jays in the Iona Meet of Champions as the first DIII runner to cross the line, finishing 14th overall with a time of 26:22.9. The senior finished just 0:30.8 behind the first-place finisher.

PREVIOUS AWARD WINNERS

Runner of the Week 9/12/16

Ben Taber, Sr, Gettysburg
Durham, Conn./Coginchaug Regional

Taber won the Little Three Meet title, beating out 45 other runners while cruising the 5,000-meter course at Franklin & Marshall in 15:07. He pulled away late in the race and won by six seconds to become the first Bullet to win the men's Little Three title since Bill Gray in 1995.

Runner of the Week 9/6/16

Duncan Hopkins, So, Dickinson
Lancaster, Pa./JP McCaskey

Hopkins broke the course record to win the individual title at the Dickinson Light up the Night Invitational. He crossed the line in a time of 16:02 to lead the Red Devils to the team title for the second straight year.