University of Maine's Kirby Davis (Falmouth, Maine) and Boston University's Marisa Ryan (Farmington, Conn.) have been named the America East Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Performers of the Week, respectively. The awards were announced Tuesday (October 10).
In the New England Cross Country Championships on Saturday, October 7, Davis was fourth overall with a time of 24:50. He was the top Maine finisher and the top finisher from America East. The Maine men were ninth overall in the meet. This is Davis' third weekly honor this season.
Ryan picked up her third-straight first-place finish of the season, by capturing the individual title at the 2006 New England Cross Country Championship on Saturday, October 7. She crossed the finish line at 17:23, two seconds before Connecticuts's Jillian Sullivan. Ryan's team came in 11th-place out of 46 teams.