NEW YORK – Villanova's Tilly O'Connor and Butler's William Zegarski and Providence's Cormac Dixon earned BIG EAST Cross Country Athlete of the Week honors.
O'Connor was Villanova's top finisher at the Pre-National Invitational in Columbia, Mo., finishing 15th overall in a time of 19:55.7 for the 6K course. The Wildcats placed second as a team in the 38-team field. Zegarski was Butler's top runner at the Nuttycombe Invitational in Madison, Wis. The redshirt junior clocked 23:36.1 for the 8K course, good for 14th place overall. The Bulldogs placed eighth as a team. Dixon's 23rd place finish at the Princeton Invitational led Providence, crossing the line in a time of 23:36.