Week 5 PAC Honors (for events between September 25 - October 1)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 5 of the 2023 season.
 

PAC Runner of the Week

Tim Patterson • Saint Vincent • Junior • Butler, Pa./Butler At the prestigious Paul Short Run at Lehigh University, Patterson placed second overall in a field of 371 runners from all three NCAA classifications with an eight-kilometer time of 25 minutes, 39 seconds ... Patterson finished just three seconds out of the top spot, while he finished 53 seconds ahead of the third-place finisher ... His performance helped Saint Vincent to a 10th-place team finish in a 31-team field that included 13 USTFCCCA regionally-ranked squads.

PAC Honor Roll

Allegheny senior Peter Lantz (Lewisburg, Pa./Lewisburg); Franciscan junior Conal Delaney (Green Bay, Wis./Mother of Divine Grace); Thiel graduate student Matt Beuermann (Devonport, Tasmania, Australia/Don College); W&J junior Julian Paul (Pittsburgh, Pa./Montour); Waynesburg graduate student Quintin Weaver (Rimersburg, Pa./Union); Westminster junior Dane Fasick (New Brighton, Pa./New Brighton)

 

PAC Newcomer of the Week

Sam Hetrick • Allegheny • Freshman • Meadville, Pa./Saegertown Hetrick helped Allegheny finish 17th out of 34 teams at the men's college white 8K at Lehigh's Paul Short Run ... Hetrick was clocked at 27:18.9, just two seconds behind Allegheny's top finisher, placing 65th out of 376 runners and 10th among Division III freshmen.

PAC Newcomers Honor Roll

Franciscan freshman Seamus Sommers (Muskego, Wisc./Trinity Academy); Saint Vincent freshman Jonah Weaver (Danville, Pa./Danville); Thiel freshman Andrew Yocum (Boardman, Ohio/Boardman); W&J freshman Dominic Flitcraft (Aliquippa, Pa./Hopewell); Westminster freshman Dennis Jones (West Middlesex, Pa./West Middlesex)

 

PAC Records & Milestones

Thiel graduate student Matt Beuermann earned his first collegiate first-place finish at the Tomcat Rumble on Friday, finishing with a personal-best and a course-record time of 27:22.4.