CHICAGO --- A pair of Bees claimed their second Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Cross Country of the Week award, the league office announced on Wednesday.

Aided by a personal-record time, St. Ambrose University's Ross Willerth (Eldridge, Iowa) claimed his second honor on the men's side. Willerth, a senior, placed seventh among 69 runners at the Indian Hills Invitational on Friday by turning in a time of 25:52 over the 8K distance.

As a team, St. Ambrose finished in the middle of the pack, placing fourth among eight squads.

A first-place effort earned SAU's Kaitlyn Knoche her second women's award. Knoche bested the field of 55 runners at the Indian Hills Invitational on Friday.  The junior's time of 18:30 over the 5K distance helped St. Ambrose as a team author a new school record total time of 2:14:21. 

That broke the old SAU mark by 88 seconds and enabled the Fighting Bees to pace the seven-team meet field.