Hempstead, NY – After a top-15 finish on Friday, Hofstra freshman runner Abraham Longosiwa has been honored as the Colonial Athletic Association Men's Runner of the Week for the week of October 4, the conference announced Tuesday morning.

A first-year runner from Eldoret, Kenya, Longosiwa earned the honor from the CAA after placing 11th in the Men's College Gold 8K race at the Paul Short Run, hosted by Lehigh University, on September 30. Longosiwa finished the race with a time of 23:17.3, just missing out on a top to finish by less than a second, while giving him the second-fastest time in an 8K cross country race in Hofstra program history in just his second 8K race. Additionally, Longosiwa was the highest-placing freshman in the race consisting of 416 competitors, and he was the top finishing CAA athlete in the race.

Longosiwa and the Pride will resume competition at the CAA Cross Country Championships on October 28 from Newark, Delaware.