Bennett Melita (11/18/2024) - Athlete Awards

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Bennett Melita

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11/18/2024
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Men's Cross Country
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Bennett Melita has been named a Pioneer Athlete of the Week for the week of November 18th.

Melita had a historic weekend at the NCAA Division III Niagara Regionals, placing ninth in the race and receiving the top individual berth to the NCAA Men's Cross Country National Championships. Melita finished with a total time of 25:13.8, with the only runners finishing ahead of him being from Geneseo and NYU, two teams that received team berths to the National Championships. Melita will be the first Pioneer in program history to attend the National Championships when he heads to Terre Haute on Saturday, November 23rd.

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Date	Athlete	Sport
11/21/2017	Conor Landrigan	Men's Ice Hockey
11/21/2017	Alaina Tripp	Women's Basketball
11/14/2017	Aaron Gudrian	Men's Swim & Dive
11/13/2017	Rebecca Brown	Women's Ice Hockey
10/23/2017	Sydney Scaccia	Field Hockey
10/23/2017	Brian Attas	Men's Cross Country
10/16/2017	Maki Medici	Football
10/16/2017	Kara O'Driscoll	Women's Golf
10/9/2017	Keri Berkowitz	Women's Soccer
10/9/2017	Julian Fonseca	Men's Soccer
10/2/2017	Rylee Meelan	Field Hockey
10/2/2017	Vinny Aloi	Football
9/25/2017	Kaitlyn Stinson	Women's Cross Country
9/25/2017	Thomas Muller	Men's Soccer
9/18/2017	Josh Kienz	Men's Golf
9/18/2017	Hannah Voss	Women's Volleyball
9/11/2017	Julian Fonseca	Men's Soccer
9/11/2017	Sabrina Whitehouse	Field Hockey
9/4/2017	Renee Lewis	Women's Cross Country
9/4/2017	Nicodemus Gambill	Football

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