St. Paul, Minn. --- Minnesota State senior cross country runner James Krajsa (Moorhead, Minn.), has been named the NSIC Men’s Athlete of the Week by the office of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference for the second straight week.

Krajsa finished second at the Roy Griak Invitational this weekend with a time of 25:40. The Minnesota State men's cross country team finished fourth out of 20 teams at the invite.

The Mavericks travel to Brookings, S.D., for the SDSU Invitational on October 3, 2009.