OMAHA, Neb. -- Creighton senior Marcos Gonzalez has been named BIG EAST Male Athlete of the Week for Cross Country by the league office on Wednesday. He's the first Bluejay men's runner to be honored by a conference office with a weekly award since Chris Culhane was named Missouri Valley Conference Runner of the Week on Oct. 14, 2008.
Gonzalez led the Bluejay men with a 22nd place finish at the Gans Creek Classic last Friday, crossing the finish line in 24:43.0. That put him one second and two spots ahead of freshman teammate Evan Kraus (24:44.