The Dakota Wesleyan University Tiger of the Week is junior cross country runner, Jeremiah Panec (Kenesaw, Neb.), it was announced by the DWU athletic department Wednesday.

Panec brought home a fifth-place finish last weekend at the Mount Marty Invite in Yankton, S.D., helping the Tigers to a seventh place finish. Panec ran the event in a time of 26:08.63.

Earlier in the month, the junior finished in 17th place at the Briar Cliff University Invite at the Adams Nature Preserve in McCook Lake, S.D.

Panec and the Tigers are back in action at the Great Plains Athletic Conference Championships on Nov. 5 in Hastings, Neb.