Swain Picks Up Second CAC Weekly Award

York, Pa. - Dan Swain (Baltimore, Md./Calvert Hall) of the St. Mary's College of Maryland men's cross country team nabbed his second Capital Athletic Conference Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week honor as announced by conference commissioner, Tom Byrnes, notching the award for the week ending October 18.

The 5-10 freshman paced the fledgling Seahawk harriers to their third fourth-place finish of the season at the Hood College Open this past Saturday as Swain garnered his second silver medal of 2009.

Swain was the first Capital Athletic Conference runner to cross the finish line as he came in second out of 123 runners in 28:07.47, just under three seconds off the winning pace of 28:04.80 set by Washington & Jefferson College's Ryan Scott.

The Seahawks will be off for two weeks before returning to action Saturday, November 7 at the CAC Championships hosted by Hood College at Heritage Farm Park in Walkersville, Md.  The race will begin at 11:00 am.

To read more about Swain and the other freshmen taking the conference by storm this year, click here.

2009 CAC Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week
9/8: Travis Boccher, Jr., Salisbury
9/15: Kyle Anderson, So., Mary Washington and Trevor Keen, So., Salisbury
9/22: Dan Swain, Fr., St. Mary's and Steven Childres, Fr., York
9/29: Chris Barnard, Jr., Salisbury
10/6: Jason Driscoll, Sr., Mary Washington
10/13: Frank DeVar, Sr., Mary Washington
10/20: Dan Swain, Fr., St. Mary's