2017-18 Cross Country Athletes of the Week 2017-18 Cross Country Athletes of the Week All Preview Recap List View Grid View Men's Athlete of the Week - Samuel Gerstenbacher, Elizabethtown October 16, 2017 (So., Pittsgrove, N.J.) Elizabethtown sophomore Samuel Gerstenbacher recorded his second top-ten finish of the season at Rochester's Yellowjacket Invitational on Saturday. Gerstenbacher was tenth overall in 26:42.8 and helped E-town take sixth as a team. Women's Athlete of the Week - Kiera Lyons, Catholic October 16, 2017 (Sr., Harwood, Md.) The Catholic University of America women's cross country team earned this win at the Hood College Open behind the first-place performance of senior Kiera Lyons who won her first career meet as she bested 93 other runners. Lyons raced to a time of 23.50.3, over 12 seconds faster than the second-place finisher. She averaged a 6:23.5-mile in the six-kilometer race. Men's Athlete of the Week - Kevin Kuchler, Catholic October 09, 2017 (Jr., North Brunswick, N.J.) The Catholic University of America men's cross country team competed at the South/Southeast NCAA Regional Preview Meet hosted by Christopher Newport on Saturday and earned a second-place performance. Junior Kevin Kuchler led way as he finished fifth overall and third among collegiate competitors with a time of 26:46. Women's Athlete of the Week - Soliana Goldrich, Goucher October 09, 2017 (Sr., Austin, Texas) Goucher senior Soliana Goldrich earned her first career win in the 2017 Goucher College Cross Country Classic on Saturday. Goldrich opened the race on a tear and refused to look back, holding the lead from the first check-point to the finish line. She completed the 6k course in 25:31.98, more than 25 seconds ahead of the second place finisher in the race. Men's Athlete of the Week - Greg Jaindl, Moravian October 02, 2017 (So., Macungie, Pa.) Moravian sophomore Greg Jaindl turned in the Greyhounds top time and career-best showing of 26:13 on the 8,000-meter course as he finished 11th of the 283 runners in the White 8K at the Paul Short Run hosted by Lehigh University. Moravian was seventh of 36 runners in the race, which was the third men's scored 8K of the meet. Women's Athlete of the Week - Abigail Corrigan, Scranton October 02, 2017 (Fr., Carbondale, Pa.) Scranton freshman Abigail Corrigan extended the strong start to her collegiate career by completing the 6,000-meter course in 22:18, finishing 26 seconds behind Gettysburg senior Elizabeth Hilfrank. Corrigan now has two victories and two second-place finishes in four meets in her young career. Men's Athlete of the Week - Ciaran Fisher, Susquehanna September 25, 2017 (Jr., Marion Heights, Pa.) Susquehanna junior Ciaran Fisher nearly had another top-20 individual finish leading the Susquehanna University Men's Cross Country team to an 11th place finish as a team Saturday afternoon at the Lock Haven Invitational. Fisher crossed the line in 23rd with a time of 26:38.5 in the 8k race. Women's Athlete of the Week - Yanibel Collado, Juniata September 25, 2017 (Jr. , Pottstown, Pa.) Juniata junior Yanibel Collado placed 14th out of a field of 230 at the Lock Haven Invitational on Saturday. Her time of 22:52.8 was a personal best by 45 seconds. Men's Athlete of the Week - Schuyler Smith, Scranton September 18, 2017 (Sr., Towanda, Pa.) Smith was the Royals' top runner at the Cougar Classic on Saturday, finishing sixth overall as Scranton finished second. It marked the second time this season he has been the team's top runner after he competed in only two events last season. Women's Athlete of the Week - Abigail Corrigan, Scranton September 18, 2017 (Fr., Carbondale, Pa.) Corrigan won the individual title for the second straight week, this time capturing the Cougar Classic at Misericordia, a 6,000-meter race. She ran away with the victory by more than half a minute and now has two first-place finishes and a second in three races this season. Men's Athlete of the Week - Evan Ulrich, Juniata September 11, 2017 Juniata sophomore Evan Ulrich helped the Eagles to a first place finish at the Landmark Preview meet on Saturday. Ulrich ran to a first place finish with a time of 27:35.50 to best a field of 58 runners. Women's Athlete of the Week - Grace Gilbert, Moravian September 11, 2017 (Fr., Palmyra, Pa.) Gilbert finished second of the 58 runners in the Juniata College Invitational in a time of 24:38.10 on the 6,000-meter course to help the Greyhounds finish first of seven teams. Men's Athlete of the Week - Greg Jaindl, Moravian September 05, 2017 (So., Macungie, Pa.) Moravian sophomore Gregory Jaindl paced Moravian at the season-opening Lehigh University Invitational with a time of 19:10.75 on the 6,000-meter course to place third of 32 runners in the non-NCAA Division I group. The Greyhounds were first of the three non-NCAA DI teams at the meet. Women's Athlete of the Week - Brenna McNamee, Elizabethtown September 05, 2017 (Sr., Downingtown, Pa.) Elizabethtown senior Brenna McNamee won the first cross country race of her career this past Friday night at Shippensburg. To do so, McNamee ran a new 4k personal best of 14:58 to win the race and was one of only two runners on the night to cross the finish in under 15 minutes.