Detroit's Liederbach and Milwaukee's Sigg Named Cross Country Athletes of the Week

INDIANAPOLIS –Detroit’s Pat Liederbach and Milwaukee’s Elise Sigg have been named Horizon League Cross Country Athletes of the Week for the period of Oct. 11-17.

Liederbach, a senior from Petoskey, Mich., took 29th out of 266 runners at the Penn State National on Saturday. Running the 5.2 mile course in a time of 26:03, he helped the Titans take 20th out of a 27 team pool consisting of 18 nationally and regionally ranked teams.   

Sigg, a sophomore from Mineral Point, Wis., won her fourth race out of five contests this season at the Bradley Classic on Friday, consisting of 184 runners. She ran the 6K course in a time of 21:05, 12 seconds ahead of the runner-up.

Both teams return to action Oct. 30th at the Horizon League Championships, hosted by Loyola University. The race will take place at Montrose Beach Harbor Park in Chicago, Ill. The women’s race is set to start at 11:00am (EST) with the men’s race following at noon.

Other Horizon League Men's Athlete-of-the-Week nominees (Oct. 18)
Kris Gauson, Butler, Graduate – 24:21 in 8K – 33rd out of 240
Jason Axt, Milwaukee, Senior – 25:36 in 8K – 64th out of 211
Josh Stein, Loyola, Junior – 24:24 in 8K – 7th out of 211
Joel Hartenberger, Valparaiso, Senior – 26:13 in 8K – 25th out of 144
Evan Firestone, Wright State, Junior – 25:30 in 8K – 21st  out of 194
Eric Rupe, Youngstown State, Senior – 25:55 in 8K—35th out of 194

Other Horizon League Women's Athlete-of-the-Week nominees (Oct. 18)
Katie Clark, Butler, Sophomore – 21:08 in 6K – 40th out of 274
Allison Craine, Cleveland State, Junior – 22:47 in 6K – 24th out of 177
Alexandria Vintevoghel, Detroit, Sophomore – 23:26 in 6K – 154th out of 304
Gina Valgoi, Loyola, Sophomore – 21:56 in 6K– 17th out of 184
Nicole Zehel, Valparaiso, Freshman – 19:09 in 5K – 14th out of 97
Natalie Hopwood, Wright State, Senior – 22:47 in 6K – 26^thout of 177
Samantha Hamilton, YSU, Sophomore – 22:13 in 6K – 6th out of 177