Oct. 2, 2007

ROMEOVILLE, Ill. - Lewis University's Andrew Northrup (Elmwood, Ill.) is the Great Lakes Valley Conference Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week. Northrup, a senior for the Flyers, led Lewis to a strong showing at the Roy Griak Invitational hosted by the University of Minnesota on Saturday.

Northrup finished eighth overall in a field consisting of 280 runners. He battled windy and wet weather conditions and completed the challenging and hilly 8,000-meter course in a time of 26:16.

His efforts helped pace the Flyers to a ninth-place team finish in the event with 25 participating teams. Lewis finished the meet with a team score of 228. Minnesota State-Mankato won the event with a final score of 110.

Northrup is Lewis' first GLVC Runner of the Week this season.

Lewis will return to action at the SIUE Border Wars in Edwardsville, Illinois this Saturday.

Other top performers in the GLVC last week included Bellarmine's Jason Thornsberry, Drury's Jaime Villa Zapatero, Northern Kentucky's Matthew Shoulta, Saint Joseph's Naza Sanchez and Southern Indiana's Paul Jellema.

For more information about the GLVC and each conference member, please visit www.glvcsports.org.