Southern Virginia Freshman Morgan Bingham Collects CAC Women's Cross Country Weekly Award
SCHEDULE | CAC PRESEASON POLL | NATIONAL RANKINGS
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. -- Southern Virginia freshman Morgan Bingham collected CAC Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Week honors for Oct. 17, 2017.
Athlete of the Week
Morgan Bingham| Southern Virginia | Fr.
Sequim, Wash.| Sequim
Southern Virginia freshman Morgan Bingham secured CAC Athlete of the Week honors for the second time this year after placings 15th overall in a field of 280 runners at the 31-team Gettysburg Invitational. Bingham broke the Southern Virginia women's 6k record with a time of 23:30.
WEEKLY HONOR ROLL (10/17)
CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT: Jessica Lee, So., Annandale, Va./W.T. Woodson
FROSTBURG STATE: Lauren Halvorson, So., Woodbridge, Va./South County
MARY WASHINGTON: Jillian Weisbeck, Jr., Fredericksburg, Va./Stafford
MARYMOUNT: Denise Gallant, Jr. Woodbridge, Va./St. John Paul the Great Catholic
ST. MARY'S: Lindsey Stevenson, Fr., Bel Air, Md./C. Milton Wright
SALISBURY: Alison Schwartz, Sr., Phoenix, Md./Dulaney
WESLEY: Natalie Quigley, Fr., Millsboro, Del./Sussex Tech
YORK: Jess DelViscio, Jr., West Chester, Pa./West Chester Bayard Rustin
NOTES AROUND THE CONFERENCE
Last week's competition served as the final tune-up for CAC squads for the 2017 CAC Cross Country Championships ... The CAC Championships will be hosted by Christopher Newport at Lee Hall Mansion in Newport News, Va. The women's 6k is set for 11 a.m., followed by the men's 8k at noon ... Facing a field that included 15 programs listed in the latest USTFCCCA National Rankings, Jessica Lee helped CNU place 20th overall during the Cowbell Classic on Saturday afternoon at Principia College's North Farm Cross Country Course. During the race, Lee led the Captains and finished 99th overall with a time of 23:54.41 during the 6k ... Sophomore Lauren Halvorson was Frostburg State's top finisher at the Hood College Open, completing the course in 27:05.7, good for 23rd place overall in a field of 93 runners ... Junior Jillian Weisbeck was Mary Washington's top finisher at the Oberlin College Inter Regional Rumble on Saturday, placing 30th overall at 23:18. The Eagles placed 13th in the team competition ... St. Mary's Lindsey Stevenson came in fourth overall place in the Hood Open and ran a time of 24:44 ... Salisbury senior Alison Schwartz led the Gulls with a 46th-place finish at the Inter-Regional Border Battle at Rowan University this past weekend. Schwartz came home in a time of 23:08.5 while averaging a mile time of 6:12.3 to help the women's team finish 16th overall at the race ... Wesley freshman Natalie Quigley finished the women's 5k at the Delaware State Alumni Invitational in sixth place with a time of 21:07.0. She ran an average mile of 6:47. It was Quigley's third top-10 finish of the season ... York junior Jess DelViscio finished 44th at Inter-Regional Border Battle at Rowan on Saturday as York finished 12th.
2017 CAC ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
| Week | Athlete |
| 9/6 | Jessica Lee, CNU |
| 9/12 | Denise Gallant, MU |
| 9/19 | Liana Foianini, SAL |
| 9/26 | Morgan Bingham, SVU |
| 10/3 | Alison Schwartz, SAL |
| 10/10 | Jess DelViscio, YCP |
| 10/17 | Morgan Bingham, SVU |






