BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Bucknell, Holy Cross, Lehigh and Navy split the Patriot League M-F Athletic Cross Country weekly awards, when the League office announced the first set of honors on Tuesday.

Patriot League M-F Athletic Men’s Cross Country Runner of the Week
Joseph Mahon, Holy Cross, Sr., Woburn, Mass./Woburn Memorial
*Mahon won the 2026 Ken O’Brien Invitational after crossing the line in 18:38.1 at UMass Amherst.
*The senior took first place by more than 10 seconds in Holy Cross’ season opener as the Crusaders finished third as a team.

Patriot League M-F Athletic Women’s Cross Country Runner of the Week
Kailey Granger, Bucknell, Sr., Dallastown, Pa./Dallastown
*Granger, the Bison team caption, captured first place at the Bucknell-Lafayette Dual as the senior clocked a winning time of 13:59.20 in the 4K race.
*The Dallastown, Pa. native helped the Bison to their first dual win since 2011 with a 21-40 victory over the Leopards.

Patriot League M-F Athletic Men’s Rookie of the Week
Jason Baker, Lehigh, Fy., Lewes, Del./Cape Henlopen
*Baker finished fourth overall with a time of 18:36.3 at the Lehigh Invitational in his first collegiate 6K race.
*The first-year led the Mountain Hawks to a third-place team finish competing against Rutgers, Saint Joseph's, Moravian, Kutztown, Rowan, DeSales, Muhlenberg, and Ramapo.

Patriot League M-F Athletic Women’s Rookie of the Week
Brianne Duynstee, Navy, Fr., Encinitas, Calif./La Costa Canyon
*In her first collegiate 6K race, Duynstee crossed the line in 21:04.2 to win the Salisbury Fall Classic at Winter Place Park.
*The Encinitas, Calif. native led Navy to a first-place finish as the Mids posted a team-low 21 points.

Honorable mentions went to American’s Marcus Valenzuela and Anna Villavicencio, Army West Point’s Alexandra Himebauch and Issaiah McCorvey, Boston University’s Cali Buxbaum, Ryan Collins, Isaac Mahler and Luna Scorzelli, Bucknell’s Ethan Pratt-Perez and Sean Wemmlinger, Colgate’s Nell Droege, Holy Cross’ Aluna Coogan-Coyne, Emily Dahl and Ian Morgan, Lehigh’s Keira Arenholz, Grace Hughes and Sawyer Macy, and Loyola Maryland’s Mikey Byrnes, Emma Hagstrom and Ethan Halpern.

Men’s Runner of the Week
9.8 – Joseph Mahon, Holy Cross, Sr.

Women’s Runner of the Week
9.8 – Kailey Granger, Bucknell, Sr.

Men’s Rookie of the Week
9.8 – Jason Baker, Lehigh, Fy.

Women’s Rookie of the Week
9.8 – Brianne Duynstyee, Navy, Fr.

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