Oct. 20, 2008

BEVERLY, Mass. - Endicott's Nicole Prokop (Montgomery, Mass.) and Greg Payne (North Attleboro, Mass.) each received TCCC weekly awards on Monday, as Prokop was named the women's Runner of the Week and Payne took home the men's Rookie of the Week honor.

Prokop raced to a third-place finish at Saturday's Western New England College Invitational Tournament. She turned in a 5K time of 20:13, her second-best time of the year. Prokop outlasted all other TCCC runners in the 150-racer field.

Greg Payne raced to Rookie of the Week honors with a ninth-place finish at the WNEC Invitational. He placed ahead of 120 other runners with an 8K time of 27:50. He was the second TCCC runner to cross the finish line on Saturday afternoon.

Endicott returns to the course on Saturday morning as the Gulls hit the trails at Gordon College.