SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. – Shippensburg University redshirt-sophomore Garrett Quinan was named the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Men's Cross Country Co-Athlete of the Week on Tuesday afternoon by the league office.
 
Quinan delivered the fastest-known 8K cross country time in school history Friday to pace the Shippensburg University men's cross country team at the prestigious Paul Short Run presented by Asics held at Lehigh University's Goodman Campus Course.
 
SU and No. 1-ranked Wingate were the only NCAA Division II schools in the elite Gold race; there were three NCAA Division III schools (RPI, Johns Hopkins and Geneseo) and one NAIA school (Rio Grande) alongside 34 NCAA Division I programs.
 
Quinan broke the 24-minute mark over 8K – a fantastic performance that resulted in a 34th-place finish and a time of 23:53.6. He was slotted as high as 31st place in the race at the 5K split (14:54) and he completed his final 3,000 meters in a stunning 8:59. It is an 8K personal best (PR) of 50 seconds for Quinan, who ran 24:43 at last year's Paul Short when he finished third overall in the Brown race.
 
Quinan shared the Athlete of the Week Award with IUP runner Mike Formica. Formica won the Brown race at the Paul Short meet, but Formica's 8K time came in more than 24 seconds slower than his conference counterpart (24:18.2).
 
It is the third straight week a Shippensburg runner has won a share of the Athlete of the Week. SU teammate Tommy Crum, Jr. won it a week prior on Sept. 30, bookended by Quinan on Sept. 23. It is the fifth conference Athlete of the Week award of Quinan's illustrious career (Sept. 23, 2025; Oct. 8, 2024; Oct. 3, 2023; Sept. 26, 2023).