BU - Chris Striegel

Chris Striegel

  • Award
    Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week
  • Week Of
    10/4/2016
  • 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, Kentucky

Team Result:  13th/33 Teams, 404 points, Greater Louisville Classic
  • Shattered his own school record by more than 30 seconds with an 8,000-meter time of 23 minutes, 59.04 seconds.
  • Placed fifth overall in the Gold Race, which featured more than 300 runners from 21 NCAA DI schools and 12 non-DI schools, including six NCAA DII schools ranked in the latest USTFCCCA Top 25 poll.
  • Trailed only three 2015 NCAA DI All-Americans and 2015 DII All-American Zach Panning of Grand Valley State, who finished just ahead of Striegel in fourth.
  • Earns fourth GLVC Runner of the Week award (9/22/16, 9/13/16, 9/22/15)
  • Last Bellarmine Runner of the Week: Chris Striegel (9/22/16)