Four Programs Earn Team Victories; #AEXC Week #8 Awards Handed Out
BOSTON – Team victories headlined last week’s cross country events with Stony Brook leading the charge. The Seawolves won the Princeton Invitational with 55 points for the men's program while the women scored 26 in the R.K. Munsey UAlbany XC Invitational to claim the top spot. Binghamton ran to victory in the men’s competition in the latter event, the site of the 2019 America East Cross Country Championships. Vermont hosted the Fall Foliage Invitational in St. Albans, winning the women’s race for which New Hampshire traveled up to the Green Mountain State and returned victors after winning the men’s race with 32 points.
Only one weekend stands between these teams and the 2019 #AEXC Championships. Visit Championship Central for all details regarding the November 2 race in Albany.
Here are the conference's week #8 award winners of the 2019 season:
#AEXC Weekly Award Winners – Oct. 23
Female Performer of the Week
Hannah Reinhardt, UAlbany – Sr., Clarence, N.Y.
- Won the Bobbi Palma Women’s Championship 5K, becoming the first woman to win the meet three times.
- Her time of 17:04.2 was nearly a full minute ahead of the field.
- Reinhardt has been named Performer of the Week four times this season.
Male Performer of the Week
Vann Moffett, Stony Brook – Sr., Niantic, Conn.
- Finished second out of 236 runners at the Princeton Invitational.
- Moffett led the Seawolves to a team victory with a time of 23:39.4.
- This is his second Performer of the Week honor this season.
2019 Weekly Award Winners
Sept. 4 – Female Performer of the Week: Clodagh O’Reilly, Stony Brook; Male Performer of the Week: Robert Becker, Stony Brook
Sept. 11 – Female Performer of the Week: Hannah Reinhardt, UAlbany; Male Performer of the Week: Vann Moffett, Stony Brook
Sept. 18 – Female Performer of the Week: Meg Champagne, New Hampshire; Male Performer of the Week: Forest MacKenzie, New Hampshire
Sept. 25 – Female Performer of the Week: Hannah Reinhardt, UAlbany; Male Performer of the Week: Cameron Avery, Stony Brook
Oct. 1 – Female Performer of the Week: Mackenzie Young, Maine; Male Performer of the Week: Jacob Terry, Maine
Oct. 9 – Female Performer of the Week: Hannah Reinhardt, UAlbany; Male Performer of the Week: Cameron Avery, Stony Brook
Oct. 16 – Female Performer of the Week: Shannon Murdock, New Hampshire; Male Performer of the Week: Jacob Terry, Maine
Oct. 23 – Female Performer of the Week: Hannah Reinhardt, UAlbany; Male Performer of the Week: Vann Moffett, Stony Brook
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