Men’s Cross Country Runner of the Week
Caleb Sarsland – Dickinson State (N.D.)
Senior I Bowman, N.D.
Sarsland continued his strong start to the 2026 season with a runner-up finish at Friday’s Marauders Invitational in Bismarck, N.D. The Dickinson State (N.D.) senior covered the 8K course in 25 minutes, 3.71 seconds, finishing second among 63 runners.
He trailed only NCAA Division II University of Mary’s Gideon Hammah, who won the race in 24:51.23. The performance marked Sarsland’s second top 10 finish in as many races this season.
Sarsland opened the year by placing seventh at the Augustana Twilight in 14:49.0 in the 5K race.
This is Sarsland’s fifth career Erck Hotels/Frontier Conference Player-of-the-Week honor, his second straight week that he earned the award.