BU - Chris Striegel

Chris Striegel

  • Award
    Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week
  • Week Of
    9/22/2016
  • Sport
    Men's Cross Country
  • School
    Bellarmine
  • Year
    Junior
  • Position
  • Hometown
    Prospect, KY
  • High School
    St. Xavier
MEN’S RUNNER OF THE WEEK
Chris Striegel, Bellarmine
Jr., Prospect, Ky.

Team Result:  1st/28 DII Teams, 68 points, National Catholic Invitational at Notre Dame
  • Won the five-mile race in 24 minutes, 56.7 seconds, beating a field of 300 runners from 40 teams that included 11 Division I programs and three nationally-ranked Division II schools
  • Surged past second-place finisher Ben Kendall of Detroit at four-mile mark to win by 10 seconds
  • First ever Bellarmine runner to win the National Catholic Invitational
  • Earns second straight and third GLVC Runner of the Week award (9/13/16, 9/22/15)
  • Last back-to-back Runner of the Week honoree:  Logan Barrett, Saint Joseph’s (10/7/14, 10/14/14)
  • Last Bellarmine Runner of the Week: Chris Striegel (9/13/16)