NEW ORLEANS, La. --- The United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced its weekly national honors, with Wartburg's Isaiah Hammerand being named this week's Division III Men's Athlete of the Week the association announced Monday, Oct. 5.
 
Hammerand earned the national honor after clinching the individual championship with a time of 24:05.1 and leading the No. 5/5 Knights to the team title in Northfield, Minn. at Carleton College's Pre-Nationals meet, which featured 17 nationally ranked teams in the field. This marked Hammerand's first career USTFCCCA weekly honor.
 
The Epworth, Iowa native was also named this week's American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) Men's Runner of the Week for the first time this season and the seventh time of his career.
 
Wartburg will be back in action next on Saturday, Oct. 17 at the Augustana Interregional Invite in Augustana, Ill.