Sam Llaneza, Lynchburg, Sr.

Sam Llaneza, Lynchburg, Sr.

Llaneza, a senior from Bristow, Va., picks up his first ODAC weekly award of the season after helping nationally 21st-ranked Lynchburg to third place in a 36-team field in the championship race at the Inter-Regional Border Battle hosted by Rowan University in Logan Township, N.J. Llaneza placed fifth overall among 309 competitors at 25:03.7, his second-fastest eight-kilometer time of the season (24:58.5). He used a pace of 5:02.5 per mile to rank as the top ODAC competitor in the event by 5.2 seconds over Washington and Lee's Charles Scharf. Lynchburg posted 79 points, just two points shy of second place in the team table.

MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY WEEKLY HONOR ROLL

ANTHONY PONCE-MEXICANO | AVERETT
Jr. | Manassas Park, Va.
 - 6th overall with an Averett program-record 22:28.5 (8K) at the Roanoke Invitational

BENNETT CUPPS | BRIDGEWATER
Jr. | Winchester, Va.
 - 37th overall at 27:19.0 (8K) at the Aubrey Shenk Invitational

CLAY KAUFFMAN | EASTERN MENNONITE
Sr. | Broadway, Va.
 - 13th overall at 26:01.2 (8K) at the Roanoke Invitational (personal-best 8K time)

KADE MINTON | HAMPDEN-SYDNEY
So. | Wytheville, Va.
 - 31st overall at 27:33.0 (8K) at the Roanoke Invitational (personal season-best)

CHAMBERLAIN ZULAUF | ROANOKE
Sr. | Vienna, Va.
 - 8th overall at 25:45.4 (8K) at the Roanoke Invitational (personal-best 8K time)

JEREMY ALLDINGER | SHENANDOAH
Sr. | Christiansburg, Va.
 - finished 94th overall at 26:31.7 (8K) at the Royals XC Challenge

JAMES JOHNSON | VIRGINIA WESLEYAN
Jr. | Centerville, Va.
 - 33rd overall at 27:34.9 (8K) at the Roanoke Invitational

CHARLES SCHARF | WASHINGTON AND LEE
5th-Yr | Elizabethtown, Pa.
 - 11th overall at 25:08.9 (8K) at the Rowan Inter-Regional Border Battle