Men's Cross Country | 9/2/2025 4:00:00 PM
Week 1 PAC Honors (for events between August 29-31)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 1 of the 2025 season.
PAC Runner of the Week
Andrew Madigan • Franciscan • Senior • Lawrenceville, N.J./The Wilberforce School
Madigan placed second overall at Westminster's Fisher Invite on Friday evening ... He was first to finish among the NCAA Division III runners and just a tenth of a second behind a Division I runner from Robert Morris ... His time of 15:55.7 is the second-fastest 5K in program history, as only All-American Liam Galligan has a faster 5K time with a 15:31.0 at the same course in the 2021 Fisher Invite.
PAC Honor Roll
Geneva senior Eli Eisenberger (York, Pa./Central York); Saint Vincent senior Brady Sundin (Monroeville, Pa./Gateway); Thiel senior Nathaniel Turner (Conneaut Lake, Pa./Conneaut Area); Waynesburg junior Kyle Casella (Clarksboro, N.J./Kingsway)
PAC Newcomer of the Week
Maxwell Bruns • Franciscan • Freshman • Gilbert, Ariz./Arete Preparatory
Bruns was the fastest NCAA Division III freshman at the Fisher Invite on Friday night ... He placed 10th overall with a time of 16:24.2 in his collegiate debut, which was the fastest time among all PAC freshmen over the opening weekend.
PAC Newcomers Honor Roll
Geneva freshman Xaver Alexander (Frederick, Md./Oakdale); Saint Vincent freshman Noah Channel (Tarentum, Pa./Deer Lakes); Thiel freshman Dominick Russell (Mineral Ridge, Ohio/Mineral Ridge); Westminster freshman Nick Bender (New Castle, Pa./Neshannock)
PAC Records & Milestones
Geneva's Eli Eisenberger's 5K time of 16:09.47 at Westminster's Fisher Invitational was first for the GTs and sixth out of 77 runners ... Saint Vincent, who finished second as a team at Westminster, placed two runners in the top 16, including Brady Sundin, who was fifth overall (16:04.5), and Noah Channel, whose time of 16:37.4 put him 16th overall and third among freshmen in the race ... Thiel's Nathaniel Turner crossed in 20th place at the Fisher Invitational in a time of 16:44.8.