YORK, Pa. -- Salisbury senior Connor Hesselbirg earned CAC Men's Cross Country Athlete of the Week honors for Sept. 7, 2016. 

Athlete of the Week

Connor Hesselbirg | Salisbury | Sr. 

Kings Park, N.Y. | Kings Park       

Salisbury senior Connor Hesselbirg earned CAC Men's Cross Country Athlete of the Week honors after taking third place individually and leading the Sea Gulls to the meet win in the Salisbury Fall Classic on Saturday. Hesselbirg finished the meet in 26:04 to take third place, behind only two Division I runners from the U.S. Naval Academy. Salisbury won the meet with a team score of 25, finishing 30 points clear of Navy.

WEEKLY HONOR ROLL (9/6)

CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT: Jeff Dover, Jr., Moyock, N.C./Currituck County

FROSTBURG STATE: Robert Romano, So., Great Mills, Md./Great Mills

MARYMOUNT: Joel Juarez, Jr., Arlington, Va./Washington-Lee

ST. MARY'S: Eric Ortiz, Sr., Rockville, Md./Col. Zadok Magruder)

YORK: Alex Smith, Jr., Ephrata, Pa./Ephrata

NOTES AROUND THE CONFERENCE

Christopher Newport is ranked 28th in the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) National Preseason Coaches Poll. The Captains earned 56 points in the poll ... CNU's Jeff Dover teamed with freshman Calvin Miller to win the CNU Cross Country Relays on Thursday with a time of 30:39.71. That performance headlined a strong performance by the Captains as Christopher Newport posted the top-12 pairings at the meet to out-distance Mary Washington, Virginia Commonwealth, and Richmond ... Robert Romano paced Frostburg State at the 2016 Galen Piper Cross Country Challenge at Shippensburg University. The Bobcats finished in seventh place and Romano took home 27th overall in 20:24. Senior Xavier Alvarez was second on the Bobcats in 59th place (21:33) ... Mary Washington opened the season at the CNU Relays on Thursday. Austin Jones and Calhoun Stirling finished 13th as UMW's top duo ... Joel Juarez led Marymount on Saturday in its season opener, taking 12th place at the Salisbury Fall Classic in a time of 27:03. He improved his time from last year's meet on the same course by 45 seconds ... St. Mary's senior Eric Ortiz was the Seahawks' top finisher at the Light Up the Night Invitational last Thursday, placing 27th with a time of 17:15.3 ... Alex Smith was York's top finisher at the Galen Piper Classic on Friday night in Shippensburg. 

2016 CAC ATHLETES OF THE WEEK