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Dan McKenna

BUFFALO, NY - University at Buffalo men's cross country athlete Dan McKenna (Liverpool, NY/Liverpool) was named the Mid-American Conference's Men's Runner of the Week. The league announced the award Tuesday in Cleveland.

McKenna, a junior, finished 17th in a field of 299 men with a time of 24:24 for the 8K distance to lead the Bulls at Lehigh University's Paul Short Invitational on October 1. The clocking, which put McKenna under a 5:00 pace, was a career-best, cutting 42 seconds off his previous best, set at the Central Collegiate Meet on September 17. The Paul Short meet featured several nationally-ranked teams from all three NCAA Divisions.

McKenna has been UB's top men's finisher in all three races that he has entered this season. He finished first at Akron's Tommy Evans Invitational on September 10 and placed second the following week at the Central Collegiate Meet in Toledo. He did not race at the Penn State Spiked Shoe Invitational on September 24.

The award is the first for a UB men's cross country athlete since Andy Wigton earned the honor in the 2003 season.

UB's cross country squads host the UB Open this Saturday. The meet, held at Beaver Island State Park on Grand Island, will feature a women's 5K race starting at 11:00 am followed by a men's 8K race at 11:45 am.