September 29, 2026

HELENA, Mont. — Valley City State’s (N.D.) Frida Barrera and Rocky Mountain’s (Mont.)  Caleb Tomac were named the Erck Hotels/Frontier Conference Cross Country Runners of the Week following standout performances last week.  The fourth edition of the conference weekly honors was announced Tuesday.

Women’s Runner of the Week
Frida Barrera, Valley City State (N.D.)
Sophomore I Clara City, Minn.

Valley City State’s (N.D.) Barrera produced a record-setting performance at the NCAA Division II Augustana Invitational (S.D.) on Sept. 25.

Competing in a field of 263 runners, Barrera completed the 6-kilometer race in 21 minutes, 20.7 seconds to finish 15th overall.

Her time shattered Valley City State’s previous 6K school record of 22:27.8 by more than a minute. Barrera also improved her previous personal best by 1 minute, 8.2 seconds.

This is Barrera’s first career Erck Hotels/Frontier Conference Player of the Week award.

Men’s Runner of the Week
Caleb Tomac, Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
Junior I Havre, Mont.

Tomac captured the individual title at the Butte Invitational on Sept. 24 for No. 16 ranked Rocky Mountain (Mont.).

Tomac completed the 8-kilometer course in 26 minutes, 10.4 seconds, finishing first among 51 runners. He won the race by 27 seconds and led a strong showing by the Battlin’ Bears.

RMC nearly swept the top positions, placing runners first, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and eighth overall.

This is Tomac’s first career Erck Hotels/Frontier Conference Player of the Week award.
 

	Women	Men
No. 4 - Sept. 29	Frida Barrera - Valley City State (N.D.)	Caleb Tomac - Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
No. 3 - Sept. 22	Grace Steinmetz - Bellevue (Neb.)	Oliver Morris - Carroll (Mont.)
No. 2 - Sept. 15	Kierra Miller - Dakota State (S.D.)	Caleb Sarsland - Dickinson State (N.D.)
No. 1 - Sept. 8	Grace Steinmetz - Bellevue (Neb.)	Caleb Sarsland - Dickinson State (N.D.)