Junior Lyndon State Cross Country runner Joshua Grant received honors for North Atlantic Conference Player of the Week, for the week ending on September 11, 2011.
He recorded a time of 28 minutes and 16 seconds in the University of New England Invitational Cross Country Meet on Saturday. That time allowed Grant to finished in first place. The meet consisted of 99 runners.
Grant’s preparation is what led to his strong performance.
“I did a lot of base training over the summer, and ran a lot with the new team. It was beneficial for everyone to have a good group of guys to run into the season with for the first race,” Grant said.
His performance helped the Hornets finish third overall in the meet.
However, the star runner believes that there are areas where he can improve.
“Next time, I just want to be more mentally prepared,” Grant said.
He will get chance when the Hornets host its next meet this Saturday at 11:15 a.m., on the Lyndon Cross Country Trails.
Tia Billado of the Lyndon women’s soccer program, and Josh Grant, a junior runner on the Hornet men’s cross country team, have been named Players of the Week in the North Atlantic Conference for the week ending Sept. 11, 2011
Billado, Lyndon, a sophomore goalkeeper from Bellows Falls, Vt., ran her scoreless streak to nearly 218 minutes with a pair of shutouts over the weekend.
After holding SUNY Cobleskill scoreless over the final 37:58 in Lyndon’s 4-1 win on Monday, Sept. 5, she made 10 saves in 90 minutes as the Hornets blanked Smith College on Saturday by a score of 1-0. On Sunday, Billado made three saves as Lyndon shut out Regis by an identical 1-0 score.