Quinnipiac Sweeps MAAC Men's and Women's Cross Country Runners of the Week

10/14/2015 6:00:00 PM

MAAC Sports

Men’s Runner of the Week:

Matt Mensher, Quinnipiac

Senior, Tolland, Conn. / Tolland High School

Matt Mensher was the fastest Bobcat for the fourth time in his career as he placed 37^th out of 252 competitors. A year after finishing 87^th in the same event (4^th on the team), Mensher jumped up 50 spots at the New England Championships with a time of 25:28.17. Mensher has now gone four straight meets in 2015 wherein he hasn't finished worse than second on the team.

Women’s Runner of the Week:

Niamh Ashe, Quinnipiac

Junior, East Islip, N.Y. / East Islip High School

Backed by incredible efforts up and down the roster, Quinnipiac took 2^nd place overall out of 39 teams at the 2015 New England Championships from Franklin Park in Boston. The Bobcats' runner-up finish marks their best finish at the New England Championships since Quinnipiac took the title back in 2007. Quinnipiac's top four were sensational on the day as junior Niamh Ashe once again showed her full potential on Saturday as she battled through the field to take 7^th place overall out of 263 runners. Ashe picked up her second career All-New England honor after placing 11^th in her freshman campaign while she also tallied her seventh career Top 10 result. She finished with a time of 17:56.8 on the day to lead all Bobcats for the 14^th straight time in her career in the blue and gold.