MOORHEAD, Minn. (10/11/10)-- Concordia senior Tom Sederquist (Moorhead, Minn.) earned his third MIAC Men's Cross Country Athlete of the Week award of the 2010 season on Monday. Sederquist earned this week's honor for his runner-up finish at the Wartburg Pre-National Meet on Saturday. He also earned Athlete of the Week honors in back-to-back weeks on Sept. 20 and Sept. 27.

Sederquist continued his unforgettable season Saturday with another standout performance at the Wartburg College Pre-NCAA National Meet in Iowa. Though Sederquist’s run of first-place finishes came to an end, he ran a personal-best time and finished second behind only a 2009 All-American in the star-studded, 292-runner race on the same course as the 2010 Division III National Championships. For his performance, Sederquist was honored with his third Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) Men’s Cross Country Athlete-of-the-Week award this fall.

Sederquist finished the 8K course Saturday in just 25:06 – his best career time and the third-best ever ran on Wartburg’s new course. He was just seven seconds behind the winner –Colorado College’s Jackson Brainerd – and he was the top MIAC individual finisher. Sederquist won his first three races of 2010 before Saturday’s second-place showing, including the prestigious University of Minnesota Roy Griak Invite back on Sept. 25.