Cortland senior Melissa Innocent (Elmont/Valley Stream North) and junior Hunter Rautenstrauch (Buffalo/West Seneca West) have been named the Spry State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Women's and Men's Cross Country Runners of the Week, respectively, for the week ending Oct. 18.

Innocent earned conference honors for the second time this season. She finished in third place out of 175 runners at the Rowan University Border Battle, helping Cortland finish second out of 20 schools in the final team standings. She covered a muddy 6,000-meter course in 22:40.2. The race featured 12 schools that are ranked in their respective regions. Innocent has finished in the top six in each of her four races this fall.

Rautenstrauch was Cortland's top finisher at the Rowan University Border Battle, placing 12th out of 177 runners. He posted a time of 27:35.5 on a muddy 8,000-meter course, and helped the Red Dragons finish third out of 19 teams at the event. The race featured 10 regionally-ranked teams. Rautenstrauch has registered three top-12 finishes this season.

Cortland will send runners to the Cornell John Reif Memorial Run on Friday and will compete at the SUNYAC Championship Oct. 31 in Oneonta. The Red Dragon women and men have each won the last two SUNYAC team titles.