Conor Kolka Earns Pair Of Men’s Cross Country Athlete of the Week Awards
| USTFCCA Athletes of the Week - Oct. 1 |
Wittenberg senior Conor Kolka (Dexter, MI/Dexter) stormed to victory at the Calvin Knight Invite this past weekend. Kolka ran away with the individual title, winning by 14.3 seconds in 25:20.0. The Wittenberg senior beat several Great Lakes Region foes, including eventual runner-up Luke Witvliet of Calvin. What makes that interesting? Kolka and Witvliet finished fourth and fifth, respectively, at the Great Lakes Region Championships last year. This is the first time in program history that an athlete from Wittenberg has been named M-F Athletic National Athlete of the Week during the cross country season.
| NCAC Athletes of the Week - Oct. 1 |
Wittenberg senior Conor Kolka (Dexter, MI/Dexter) finished first out of 140 runners at the Knight Invite, hosted by Calvin University in Grand Rapids, Michigan on Saturday. The senior finished the 8,000-meter course in 25:20.0 to help the Tigers' finish third out of 11 teams with 84 points.