8/22/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Cross Country
June 30, 2002
Senior cross country participant Sam Shea (Pittsburgh, PA/Brentwood) was named the Atlantic 10's Men's Cross County Student Athlete of the Year. Brian Blackburn was also named to the Atlantic 10 Academic All-Conference team.
Shea placed second for Duquesne and 11th overall of 105 runners at the 2001 Verizon Atlantic 10 Championship, marking his third straight top 20 finish at the A-10's. He placed among Duquesne's top five runners in six of seven races this year. Shea's career-best time of 25:26 at the 1998 National Catholic Championship's is Duquesne's second-best time ever.
Blackburn, a senior from Richland Senior High School in Johntown, PA, was last year's A-10 Student-Athlete of the Year.
