New Orleans, La. - The United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced its weekly national award winners for the week ending October 4 on Monday afternoon. Vassar College Women's Cross Country senior Haley Schoenegge was named the Division III National Athlete of the Week for the second consecutive week and the third time in her illustrious career.
Schoenegge won her fourth straight race of the 2026 season at the Running of the Cows Pre-Nationals Navy Championship Race to help lead the #15 Brewers to a 10th place finish out of 35 scoring teams on the campus of Carleton College. Schoenegge dominated the 6K race finishing first overall out of 324 total runners and posting a time of 21:07.1, 10 seconds faster than the next closest finisher.
Last week, Schoenegge was named the USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week after breaking her own program record time by three seconds at the RPI Fairgrounds Showdown. She recorded a time of 20:49.2, outpacing her previous best of 20:52.3, to earn a first place finish out of 168.
Vassar is off this week and will return to action on Saturday, October 17 at the Connecticut College Invitational.