COLFORD TABBED GNAC CROSS COUNTRY RUNNER OF THE WEEK
BOSTON, Mass. – Emmanuel College junior Sean Colford (Epping, N.H.) has been named the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Men’s Cross Country Runner of the Week for the week ending on September 6th. Colford, the 2013 GNAC Runner of the Year, racked up this same weekly honor on five different occasions last season. This most recent GNAC Runner of the Week recognition came after Colford paced the Saints at the Roger Williams Invitational on last Saturday morning in Bristol, R.I.
BOSTON, Mass. – Emmanuel College junior Sean Colford (Epping, N.H.) has been named the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week for the week ending on September 6th. Colford, the 2013 GNAC Runner of the Year, racked up this same weekly honor on five different occasions last season. This most recent GNAC Runner of the Week recognition came after Colford paced the Saints at the Roger Williams Invitational on last Saturday morning in Bristol, R.I.
Colford, a junior team captain, completed his 5k race in 17:29 to cross the line 8th out of the field of 91 runners. His 8th place individual led the Emmanuel men to a 7th place team finish.
The second-consecutive week that an Emmanuel male student-athlete has earned this honor, as Colford's team mate Adam Julien (New Orleans, La.) was voted the GNAC Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week last week on September 1st.
Colford and the Saints will be back in action on Saturday, September 27th, when Emmanuel competes in the Codfish Bowl at Franklin Park. Colford's race is slated to begin at 11:45 AM.
Read the full GNAC Cross Country Weekly Report from September 8, 2014.