JACKSON BRAINERD OF COLORADO COLLEGE, a junior from Littleton, Colo., has been selected the SCAC Men's Cross Country Runner-of-the-Week for meets run through Saturday, September 11.

Brainerd, who earned All-America honors as a sophomore in 2009, picked up right where he left off on Saturday by winning the season-opening race hosted by CU-Colorado Springs in North Monument Valley Park. His 6K time of 19:03 was 14 seconds faster than the personal-record 19:17 he ran in the same event last September, as well as a course record.

Brainerd remained second for much of the race, took the lead with about a mile to go and beat his nearest rival going away. The field was comprised of Division I, Division, II and Division III schools (4 schools and 85 individuals).