ROLLA, Mo. – After posting one of the fastest eight-kilometer times in school history, Missouri S&T's Hayes Pateidl (Overland Park, KS/Blue Valley West) was named today as the Great Lakes Valley Conference's Runner of the Week in men's cross country.

Pateidl finished in 25^th place overall and seventh among the NCAA Division II runners in the field at 356 runners in the McDonnell Memorial eight-kilometer event at the Chile Pepper Festival Friday, which was hosted by the University of Arkansas.  Pateidl's time of 24:28.6 was 17 seconds faster than the previous top marks by S&T runners recorded in an eight-kilometer event since 1995.

Joffroi Holcombe had a time of 24:45 at the Memphis Twilight Classic in 2007, then David Huskisson matched that time three years later at the Southern Stampede at Missouri Southern.

The GLVC weekly award is the first for a Miner since Duncan Clark earned the award during the 2018 campaign.

Missouri S&T will compete Friday at the TRXC Border War Championships at Principia College in Elsah, Ill.