Channahon, Ill. - The Saint Xavier University men's cross country team placed third out of the 12 teams competing in the 2012 Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) Championships on Saturday, November 3, at Channahon Community Park in Channahon, Ill.  SXU was led by junior Brian Corcoran (Chicago, Ill./Brother Rice), who finished in ninth place overall in the 8,000 meter (8K) race with a time of 25:06.94.  Freshman Eric Hancock (Mishawaka, Ind./Mishawaka) finished in 18th overall with a time of 25:40.40.  Both Corcoran and Hancock qualified for the NAIA National Cross Country Championships based on their finishes in Saturday's race, while Corcoran was also named to the all-conference team for his ninth-place finish. 

CHICAGO - Saint Xavier University junior Brian Corcoran (Chicago, Ill./Brother Rice) has been named the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Male Cross Country Runner of the Week when the league office announced the honor on Tuesday.  Corcoran garnered the recognition for the second time this season after placing second overall in a competitive field at the Bethel College (Ind.) Cross Country Invitational on Friday.  He finished just three seconds behind frontrunner Grant Gunneson of Aquinas College (Mich.), who registered a time of 25:23.  Corcoran posted a time of 25:26 over the 8K (8,000 meters) course.

CHICAGO – Led by a strong performance from junior runner Brian Corcoran (Chicago, Ill./Brother Rice), the Saint Xavier University men's cross country team finished in 22^nd place out of 47 teams participating in the 40^th Annual Sean Earl Loyola Lakefront Invitational on Saturday, September 29, at Montrose Harbor in Chicago.  The winner of the race was the University of Wisconsin with Southern Illinois University, Purdue University, host Loyola University and the University of Chicago finishing out the top five.  Corcoran placed 45^th out of the 456 runners competing with a time of 26:02.