Kanarkiewicz Earns UAA Honor
Sophomore Named Athlete of the Week for First Time in Career
Kanarkiewicz placed third at the Metropolitan Championship.
10/13/2009 1:24:48 PM
Joan Kanarkiewicz was named UAA Athlete of the Week on Oct. 12 for her performance at the New York Metropolitan Cross Country Championship last Friday.
Kanarkiewicz placed fifth out of 126 runners with a time of 18:26 over Van Cortlandt Park's 6,000-meter course, leading NYU to a third-place team finish. The Violets were the lone Division III team at the competition.
It is the first time in her career that Kanarkiewicz has earned UAA Athlete of the Week honors.
She will be back in action with her Violets teammates on Saturday, Oct. 17, at the Oberlin College Inter-Regional in Oberlin, OH.