Montana Tech's Carlin Manning has been named the Erck Hotels female cross country athlete of the week. 

 Carlin Manning continued her strong season with a 5th-place finish at the NAIA Great Lakes Challenge in Grand Rapids, Mich. In a field of 189 individual runners, representing 22 different NAIA teams, Carlin crossed the finish line of the 5k event at 18:36.50. She was the fastest Frontier Conference runner.

Carlin has been fantastic this season, especially on the 'big stage'. Earlier this season the Orediggers competed at the Masters Invite and Carlin finished 12^th in a field of 194.

Carlin, a junior from Kalispell, and the rest of the Oredigger cross country team will prepare for their next event, the Frontier Conference Championships held in Great Falls on November 3^rd.