Athlete Awards

Athlete of the Week

Morgan Pierce 2017

Morgan Pierce

  • Award
    Athlete of the Week
  • Week Of
    10/2/2017
  • Sport
    Women's Cross Country
  • Bio
    View Full Bio
11421
By Kayla Albers '20

Big meets seem to be where Morgan Pierce shines the most.
 
For the second time this year, Pierce – a junior on the College of Saint Benedict cross country team – is this week’s CSB Athlete of the Week. The latest honor comes at the 14-team, 219-runner Running of the Cows Invite, hosted by Carleton in Northfield.
 
Pierce wasn’t daunted by the number of runners competing. The Mandan, N.D. native took fifth in 22:51. The 6K time is now the sixth-best time in CSB history. Her time marked a new personal best by just over a minute and 30 seconds.
 
Saturday’s finished marked Pierce’s fourth-straight top-five finish this year, including a second-place finish at the Crown Invite, a win at Luther, a win at the alumnae meet, and now fifth at Carleton.
 
To add on to her success, Pierce is now in the top 15 in CSB history for both the 5K and the 6K, as she ran the 12th-best time in CSB history in the 5K earlier this season. The cross country team has its next meet this Friday, Oct. 6, when it competes at the Bob Waxlax Invite in St. Cloud.  


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
1/20/2009 Gretchen Leyendecker Women's Hockey
1/13/2009 Brooke Johnson Women's Swim and Dive
12/16/2008 Amy Stifter Women's Basketball
12/9/2008 Mindy Schmidt Women's Basketball
11/25/2008 Abbie Helminen Women's Hockey
11/11/2008 Kerri Graske Women's Hockey
11/4/2008 Kaycee Knutson Women's Cross Country
10/21/2008 Tina Lisk Women's Soccer
10/21/2008 Tina Lisk Women's Soccer
10/14/2008 Chelsie Sobieck Women's Volleyball
10/7/2008 Beth Hanson Women's Volleyball
9/30/2008 Emma Jaynes Women's Volleyball
9/23/2008 Megan Seipel Women's Tennis
9/16/2008 Kaycee Knutson Women's Cross Country
9/8/2008 Kathryn Hauff Women's Golf
Previous...21Next