Four Lesley runners were honored by the NECC on Monday after the Lynx men's and women's teams repeated as league champions at Saturday's NECC Championship.
Lesley's Max Bulger earned NECC Runner of the Year on the men's side and senior Keryn Thorvaldsen took home Runner of the Year honors for the women as both Lesley cross country teams repeated as NECC Champions.
Led by senior Keryn Thorvaldsen, for the second straight week, Lesley cross country runners earned New England Collegiate Conference Men's and Women's Runner of the Week and both NECC Rookie of the Week awards.
Lesley's women's cross country team finished 13th out of 43 Division II and III teams and the men placed 11th out of 40 at the James Early Invitational at Westfield State.
Keryn Thorvaldsen was named NECC Women's Runner of the Week, Emilia McGrath was named Women's Rookie of the Week, Chris Conforti was named Men's Runner of the Week, and Nick Green was named Men's Rookie of the Week.
Chris Conforti led the Lynx to the program's best finish ever as Lesley placed fourth out of 25 teams at Saturday's Pop Crowell Invitationial hosted by Gordon College.
Keryn Thorvaldsen set a new Lynx record with a time of 18:56, finishing 14th out of 293 runners at the UMass-Dartmouth Shriners Invitational and leading the Lynx to 15th place out of 38 teams on Saturday.
Lesley cross country runners Max Bulger, Andrew Scott and Keryn Thorvaldsen were honored by the NECC for their performances at last weekend's Trinity Invitational.
Lesley's Max Bulger finished 15th out of 104 runners, and Keryn Thorvaldsen led the women by placing fifth out of 84 at the Trinity Invitational on Saturday.
Sophomore Evan Reseska was named NECC Runner of the Week, and freshman Nick Green earned NECC Rookie of the Week accolades, the league announced Tuesday.
Lesley's men's and women's cross country teams have been picked to finish in first place by the New England Collegiate Conference's coaches, the league announced today.
Head coach Dan Flynn announced his cross country teams' 2012 schedule, which has a challenging new look that he hopes will prep his teams for November's championship races.