Stony Brook's Brian Farrell (Wicklow, Ireland) and New Hampshire's Catherine Parker (Westford, Mass.) have been named the America East Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Performers of the Week, respectively. The awards were announced Tuesday (October 3).
Farrell finished in third place with a time of 24:31.4 to lead the Stony Brook men's cross country team to a fifth-place finish at the Murray Keatinge Invitational on Saturday in Orono, Maine. He has finished as the top runner for the Seawolves men's team in each event this season.
Parker, who earns her second America East Performer of the Week honor, ran the 5K course in a time of 16:53.6 to place third overall at the Murray Keatinge Invitational. She was third out of 93 runners and led the Wildcats to a second-place finish. Parker was the first America East member to cross the finish line.