Susquehanna Men's Cross Country

2008–09 xc/t&f program overviews

Thistle One of Three SU Student-Athletes
Honored as Landmark Conference Athlete of the Week

MADISON, N.J. — Three Susquehanna University student-athletes were honored as Landmark Conference Athletes of the Week on Sept. 1.

Junior Paul Thistle (Blue Bell, Pa./Wissahickon) was the Landmark's men's cross country Athlete of the Week after finishing in second place out of 71 runners from all three NCAA divisions at Bucknell University's Bison Open on Aug. 29. Thistle (right) covered the four-mile course in a time of 19 minutes, 58.1 seconds (4:59 per mile) to help Susquehanna finish third out of four teams at the meet. He finished just six seconds behind the winning runner from Division I Bucknell.