SUBWAY ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY SPORT ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
Week ending Oct. 6, 2013

FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Name: Melissa Hardy
University: St. Francis Xavier University
Sport: Women's Cross Country
Hometown: Deer Lake, N.L.
Year of eligibility: Third
Academic program: Integrated Dietetic Internship
Height: 5'3"

Melissa Hardy of the St. Francis Xavier women's cross country team is the Subway Atlantic University Sport female Athlete of the Week for the week ending Oct. 6, 2013.

A fifth-year integrated dietetic internship student in her third year of eligibility from Deer Lake, N.L., Hardy was the winner of the women's 6km race at this past weekend's Saint Mary's/Dalhousie Invitational cross country meet.

Her time of 21:59 was good enough to beat out 71 other runners from eight AUS schools and help the X-Women to a second-place team finish.

Hardy was also the winner of the UNB/St. Thomas Invitational meet Sept. 14 and came in second at the StFX Invitational Sept. 21.

MALE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Name: Cole MacMillan
University: University of Prince Edward Island
Sport: Men's Soccer
Position: Striker
Hometown: Stanhope, P.E.I.
Year of eligibility: Third
Academic program: BA
Height: 5'11"

Cole MacMillan of the University of Prince Edward Island Panthers men's soccer team is the Subway Atlantic University Sport male Athlete of the Week for the week ending Oct. 6, 2013.

A second-year arts student in his third year of eligibility from Stanhope, P.E.I., MacMillan scored five goals in three games this past week to give the Panthers their first three wins of the season.

MacMillan scored the first of two team goals in UPEI's 2-1 win over AUS No. 3 ranked Moncton on Wednesday. He then contributed the game-winning goal in Saturday's 2-1 victory over the Memorial Sea-Hawks.

He followed these performances up Sunday by scoring three of UPEI's four goals against Memorial in their 4-0 win.

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Throughout the 2013-14 season, each Subway Atlantic University Sport Athlete of the Week will receive a $50 Subway gift card and a framed certificate courtesy of Subway and Atlantic University Sport.