MISSOULA — For the first time since 2003, Montana has the Big Sky Conference’s men’s cross country athlete of the week. Zachary Giesch, who finished ninth at the WSU Cougar Classic in Colfax, Wash., while running against a nationally ranked Washington State team, brought home the honor for the Grizzlies.

Giesch is the first Grizzly male since Antony Ford in 2003 to be named athlete of the week in the loaded Big Sky Conference.

“This is a fantastic honor for Zach. He’s a young man that came in from Oregon a couple of years ago with a lot of potential and he has faced a lot of adversity since he’s been here with injuries and other things,” head coach Doug Fraley said. “The thing about Zach is that he has remained diligent in trying to get to the point where his potential would start showin

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