FOREST, Va. - Freshman Parker Blosser of the Roanoke College men's cross-country team was selected as the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Runner of the Week, which was announced by the conference on Tuesday afternoon. 

Blosser earns the accolade after pacing the Maroons at the Queen City Invite with a time of 25:47.08 in the 8k race. His performance placed him eighth in the RC cross country record book. Blosser also finished 50th in a 236-person field that consisted mainly of DI and DII programs.  

The Weyers Cave, Va. product joins his fellow freshman Shane Stevens in having earned weekly honors so far this season. It is the first time since 2014 that the Maroons have picked up back-to-back weekly honors (RC did not compete last week and therefore weren't eligible for last week's award). It is also the first time since 2021 that the men's side has had more than one runner take home the accolade in the same season. 

Blosser and the cross-country teams are back on the course on Oct. 3 when they travel to Lehigh University for the Paul Short Run.