LAKE FOREST - Men's cross country runner Charles Evans (Asheville, NC/Carolina Day School) has been named the first Forester Athlete of the Week of the 2000-2001 athletic season. The Lake Forest College Athletic Department selects the winner. Last Saturday (September 9th), Evans led the team to a 6th place finish (out of 12 teams) at the Tom Barry Invitational in Green Bay, WI. His time of 23:27 for four miles was good enough for 16th place among the 89 runners in the race.

What is especially amazing about his performance is that he missed the entire 1999 season with a broken foot. After watching his teammates while standing on one foot and leaning on crutches last year, a great attitude and a lot of hard work has gotten 2000 off to a great start. Head Coach Mike Wajerski noticed the attitude and made Evans one of the captains of this year's squad. "Charles earned that position by coming to meets last year even though he couldn't run, and by running so many miles over the summer. Those kinds of things are what you look for in leaders. It's great to have him back and running."