Men's Cross Country

Blanks, Anderson Earn Weekly Cross Country Awards

PRINCETON, N.J. – Harvard’s Graham Blanks (Men’s Athlete) and Columbia’s Phoebe Anderson (Women's Athlete) earned Ivy League cross country weekly awards after strong performances on the course over the weekend.
 
MEN'S ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Graham Blanks, Harvard (Sr. – Athens, Ga.)
  • The reigning national champion finished in second place in his season debut in the 8k race at Pre-Nationals
  • Posted a time of 22:40.5 while leading Harvard to a tenth-place team result.
     
WOMEN'S ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
 Phoebe Anderson, Columbia (Sr. – London, England)
  • Ran 19:37.1 for 6k to finish 6th at the Princeton XC Fall Classic
  • This marks her second athlete of the week honor this season

HONOR ROLL
Morgan Boonshaft, Brown
Penelope Salmon, Harvard
 
2024 CROSS COUNTRY WEEKLY AWARDS
Men's Athlete of the Week
Sept. 10 - Owen Karas, Yale (Jr. - Columbus, Ohio)
Sept. 17 - Luke Johnson, Penn (Sr. – Plainsboro, N.J.)
Sept. 24 - Liam Going, Penn (Jr. – Westbury, N.Y.)
Oct. 1 - Derek Amicon, Cornell (Sr. – Grandview Heights, Ohio)
Oct. 8 - Dylan Throop, Penn (Sr. – Edinboro, Pa.)
Oct. 15 - Christopher ‘Kit’ Jackson, Brown (Fr. – San Juan, P.R.)
Oct. 22 - Graham Blanks, Harvard (Sr. – Athens, Ga.)

Women's Athlete of the Week
Sept. 10 - Mena Scatchard, Princeton (Sr - North Yorkshire, U.K.)
Sept. 17 - Madeleine Locher, Dartmouth (Sr. – Ventura, Calif.)
Sept. 24 - Emily Mrakovcic, Brown (Jr. – Wilton, Conn.)
Oct. 1 - Phoebe Anderson, Columbia (Sr. – London, England)
Oct. 8 - Augustine Haquet, Cornell (Sr. – Versailles, France)
Oct. 15 - Sarah Paul, Brown (Sr. – Downers Grove, Ill.)
Oct. 15 - Daniela Quintero, Columbia (Jr. – Studio City, Calif.)
Oct. 22 - Phoebe Anderson, Columbia (Sr. – London, England)