2018 Men's Cross Country Players of the Week

SLIAC Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week - Oct. 15
Dylan Goodyear, Greenville University

Dylan Goodyear, a junior from Morton, Ill., is this week's SLIAC Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week. Goodyear finished 4th overall at the Bradley Classic, completing the 8k course in a time of 26:19. That time was nearly 30-seconds faster than last year's effort and he paced the Panthers in the field of 109 runners.

SLIAC Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week - Oct. 8
Colton Vaughn, Webster University

Colton Vaughn picks up his second SLIAC Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week award this fall. Vaughn, a freshman from Hillsboro, Mo., paced the Gorloks at the Fast Cats Classic last weekend. Vaughn finished 21st in a field of 152 runners, completing the 8K course in a time of 28:26.

SLIAC Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week - Oct. 1
Abe Ott, Principia College

Ott receives his 3rd conference weekly award this season. Ott, a junior from Durango, Colo., raced in the H.W. Wright Classic, helping Principia to an 8th place team finish. Ott completed the difficult 8K course in a time of 27:14, finishing 12th overall. 

SLIAC Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week - Sept. 24
Abe Ott, Principia College

Ott picks up yet another weekly conference award after running as the conference's top finisher at the Brissman-Lundeen Invitational. Ott completed the 8K course in a time of 26:35, finishing 35th overall in a field of 330 runners. 

SLIAC Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week - Sept. 17
Colton Vaughn, Webster University

Racing in his second collegiate meet Vaughn, a freshman at Webster University, was the Gorloks top finisher at the Southern Stampede last weekend. He completed the 8K course in a time of 27:43, placing 25th in a field of 227 runners. He was the highest finisher among DIII racers in the field. 

SLIAC Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week - Sept. 10
Abe Ott, Principia College

Ott, a junior from Durango, Colo., is the SLIAC Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week after competing in the Les Duke Invitational. The field consisted of 181 runners with Ott finishing with a time of 28:04 during the 8K race. Ott sat in 75th place at the 2K split mark before weaving his way up to a 33rd place finish.  

SLIAC Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week - Sept. 4
John Mangold, Greenville University

John Mangold, a senior from Metamora, Ill., is the first SLIAC Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week for 2018. Mangold took first place this past weekend, finishing with a time of 16:11 in the 5k race; besting 67 other runners.