Waterville, Maine: The North Atlantic Conference (NAC) announced today that SUNY Cobleskill first-year men’s cross country team member Aiden Smedstad, Athens, N.Y., Coxsackie-Athens High School, has been named the NAC Men’s Cross Country Rookie-of-the-Week for the week ending October 8, 2023. This marks the second time the Fighting Tiger first-year runner has earned the league’s cross country rookie-of-the-week honors this year.

The Athens, N.Y. native ran a personal best at the 2023 Hamilton College Invitational on Saturday in Clinton, N.Y. placing 35th overall in a field of 77 runners by covering the rain swept 8000-meter course in a time of 29:32.3 helping the Fighting Tigers to a fifth place finish in the eight-team field at the event.

Cobleskill will next be in action on Saturday October 14 when they travel to Springfield, Ma. to compete at the 2023 Golden Bear Invitational hosted by Western New England University beginning at 10:30 a.m.