Joe Freiburger Award Male Athlete of the Week Week Of 11/1/2021 Sport American Rivers Conference School Wartburg College Year Senior Position Hometown Holy Cross, Iowa High School Western Dubuque Male Athlete of the Week – Men’s Cross Country – Runner of the Week Joe Freiburger, Wartburg College Sr., Holy Cross, Iowa/Western Dubuque Freiburger won the 2021 A-R-C men’s individual title with a time of 25:04.3 in the 8,000-meter race, outpacing teammate Christopher Collet by almost seven seconds. His time broke the Luther College Course Record. This year’s title is Freiburger’s third-consecutive A-R-C individual title. Freiburger finished the 2021, winning two of the three races for the Knights. The No. 1-ranked Knights won their fourth-consecutive A-R-C Championship with a dominant score of 20. Freiburger is a four-time All-Conference performer and three-time Conference MVP. The Holy Cross, Iowa native is collecting his twelfth career Runner of the Week honor (11/1/21, 10/18/21, 10/4/21, 11/9/20, 10/26/20, 10/13/20, 9/28/20, 9/14/20, 11/3/19, 10/21/19, 9/23/19, 9/9/19).
