John Jay College freshman, Bassel Ahmad, was announced the CUNYAC/US Army Men's Cross Country Rookie of the Week for the second time in a row. Ahmad placed fifth overall of 81 runners last week in the Baruch Invitational at Van Cortlandt Park. This week, Ahmad ran in the Queensborough Invitational where 14 teams competed. John Jay placed 3rd overall and 1st amongst CUNY schools. The rookie ran with a time of 30:23 which gave him a 9th place finish out of 144 runners.