WARREN – Two races, two MCCAA Men's Runner of the Week honors for Macomb cross country sophomore Michael Nivala Jr. The second-year runner followed up his first award-winning performance with a 4-mile time of 21:01.2 on Saturday (Sept. 12) at the Tommy Titan vs. W the Warrior Classic to secure this week's honor.

Running against NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II and NAIA competition, Nivala placed eighth overall (seventh attached runner) in an impressive field. Of the attached runners ahead of him, Nivala beat to the finish line by four athletes from the NCAA DI ranks and two from NCAA DII level.

Full results from Saturday's race can be found here.

Previously, Nivala opened the 2026 campaign with a 6K time of 18:44.3 to finish eighth at the Indiana Wesleyan University Twilight on Sept. 4. The effort was good for Nivala's first career MCCAA weekly honor.