NCAA & NJCAA XC National Athletes of the Week (October 25)

NEW ORLEANS – Here are the NCAA Cross Country and NJCAA Cross Country National Athletes of the Week for Monday, October 25, 2021!

Let's see who stood out across the nation.

• NCAA Division I Men – Abdel Laadjel, Providence
• NCAA Division I Women – Angie Rafter, Central Connecticut
• NCAA Division II Men – Dillon Powell, Colorado School of Mines
• NCAA Division II Women – Natalia Novak, Academy of Art
• NCAA Division III Men – Brian Mansbach, Hamilton
• NCAA Division III Women – Zoe Tomko, King's (Pa.)
• NJCAA Division I Men – Dennis Mutai, Garden City (Kan.) CC
• NJCAA Division I Women – Aaliyah Moore, Monroe-NR (N.Y.)
• NJCAA Division II Men – Ty Reynolds, Kaskaskia (Ill.)
• NJCAA Division II Women – Tanaeya Johnson, Mesa (Ariz.) CC
• NJCAA Division III Men – Logan Van Buren, Clinton (N.Y.) CC
• NJCAA Division III Women – Leah Lloyd, Finger Lakes (N.Y.) CC

NJCAA DIVISION III MEN – Logan Van Buren, Clinton (N.Y.) CC

Sophomore | Port Henry, New York

Logan Van Buren is firmly in the history books for Clinton.

Earlier this year, the Cougars fielded a scoring team for the first time in program history and now they have a Mountain Valley Conference champion as Van Buren won the title with a 27:31.9 time in winning by 44.2 seconds over previous National Athlete of the Week Shazim Permaul of Hudson Valley (N.Y.) CC. It was the second win of the year for Van Buren, who earlier this month claimed the Cazenovia Homecoming Invitational.

Van Buren is the first athlete from Clinton to earn this award in cross country.