EDISON, NJ (Nov. 9, 2022) – Niagara’s Braden York and Saint Peter’s Shelby Piccinic have been named the Hercules Tires Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Student-Athletes of the Week.
 
Braden York
Niagara
Men’s Cross Country
 
Bradan York is a Cross Country student athlete at Niagara University. York, a junior Communications major, currently holds a 3.54 GPA. At the 2022 MAAC Cross Country Championships he set a new career best with a 25:50.3 in the 8k race, he became just the fourth Purple Eagle to break 26 minutes in an 8k race. 
 
Shelby Piccinic
Saint Peter’s
Women’s Cross Country
 
Shelby Piccinic led the way for the women's team in the MAAC Cross Country Championships with a stellar placement of 56th out of 123 runners. Piccinic, took almost an entire minute off her time from the Peacocks last race to the XC Championship, finishing with a time of 23:45.40. That time was good for a pace of 6:23. 
 
 
 
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 11 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) is in its 42nd year of competition during the 2022-23 academic year. Current conference members include: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona University, Manhattan College, Marist College, Mount St. Mary’s University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College.
 
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