MILWAUKEE, Wis. (naccsports.org) --- Aurora University senior Deyanneira Colon Maldonado (Aurora, Ill.) and Milwaukee School of Engineering senior Xander Gottner (Joliet, Ill.) have been named Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) Cross Country Student-Athletes of the Week for the week of Oct. 28-Nov. 3, 2024, as selected by the league's athletics communications professionals.

Men --- Xander Gottner, sr., Milwaukee School of Engineering
Gottner, a senior, won the men's individual title at the 2024 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) Cross Country Championships. He covered the 8-kilometer course at Northwestern Medicine Cross Country Course in Geneva, Illinois, in a time of 24:59.91 - just two seconds off his personal-best time and 18 seconds ahead of the field. Gottner's effort helped MSOE to the men's team title.

Women --- Deyanneira Colon Maldonado, sr., Aurora University
Colon Maldonado, a senior, won the women's individual title at the 2024 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) Cross Country Championships. She stopped the clock in 21:41.95 - just seven-tenths of a second off the NACC Championship record set by Emma Roberts of Benedictine in 2019. It was the second consecutive individual crown for the all-American and capped a career consitsting of four top-three finishes (3-2-1-1) at the NACC Championships. It is the seventh time an Aurora runner has captured the women's individual title.