SUNY COBLESKILL’S JENNA SWYERS NAMED NAC WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY RUNNER-OF-THE-WEEK
Waterville, Maine: The North Atlantic Conference (NAC) announced today that SUNY Cobleskill sophomore runner Jenna Swyers, Peru, N.Y., Peru High School, has been named the conference’s Women’s Cross Country Runner-of-the-Week for the week ending Sunday, September 4.
Swyers becomes the first Fighting Tiger women’s cross country runner to earn NAC Runner-of-the-Week honors in program history. The Peru, N.Y. native posted her first collegiate invitational victory on Saturday by winning the individual championship at the Castleton University Invitational hosted by the Spartans of Castleton University on their campus course in Castleton, Vt.
Swyers bettered the field at the event by covering the 5000-meter trail course in a time of 23:26 as the Fighting Tigers posted a team total of 37 points to place second in a field of three teams competing at the meet.
Cobleskill will return to action on Saturday, September 10, when they host their annual Steven A. Warde Invitational beginning at 10:30 a.m.
Posted: September 6th, 2022 under Education News, Northern NY News, Peru News, Peru resident news/accomplishments.