Fredonia's junior Merlin Joseph (Binghamton, N.Y.) was honored with the Track Athlete of the Week award. Joseph ran a personal-best 8:50.72 to finish second in the 3,000 meters at the Youngstown State University Icebreaker on Fri., Dec. 1. His time, just 1.3 seconds behind a Division I runner and 13 seconds ahead of the third-place finisher, was 14 seconds than his previous best. His second-place finish was the best by any Fredonia athlete at the season-opening meet.