Athlete of the Week Runners-Up—Week of 10/21

Maksim Korolev of the men’s cross-country team took the honors of The Crimson’s athlete of the week for his performance at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational this past weekend. Korolev ran an 8k course in 23:14 for the Harvard men’s cross country team, finishing 2nd out of the 288 runners participating. Although he was the best of the best this week, some other athletes were deserving of recognition for their on-field excellence as well.

James Leakos, Men’s Cross-Country

Overshadowed by Korolev’s second place finish was the other co-captain’s performance in Wisconsin. The senior crossed the finish line just 19 seconds after Korolev, which was good for 10th place overall. Out of the 36 schools represented in the race, Harvard was the only school that was able to place two runners in the top 10.

Paul Stanton Jr., Football

The Harvard sophomore running back helped pace the offensive attack en route to a 35-16 victory over Lafayette this Saturday. The halfback totaled 113 rushing yards and also added two scores to help preserve the Crimson’s perfect record on the season. Stanton has been a force all season, already having scored nine touchdowns on the season – an average of slightly less than two per contest.

Corinne Bain, Women’s Volleyball

Behind the freshman’s impressive performance, the women’s volleyball team was able to sweep its two games over the weekend. Against Penn on Friday, Bain recorded her second triple-double of the season, registering 10 kills, 22 assists and 10 digs to lead the Crimson to a 3-1 win in Philadelphia. The next day in Princeton, she duplicated her stats from the previous day, earning her third triple-double of the season to help defeat the Tigers, 3-0.