Fourth-year runner Jacob Benoit is this week’s male PepsiCo Athlete of the week.

After winning the AUS championship two weeks ago, Jacob headed to the U SPORTS Championship this past weekend in London, ON. Jacob completed the 8km race in a time of 24:42, a personal best, and crossed the line in fourth place. He is the first Tiger to bring home a first team all-Canadian since 2015 and his fourth-place finish is the highest a Tiger has placed at the national meet since Paul Chafe’s bronze medal in 2005.

Hailing from Windsor, Nova Scotia, Jacob is an MBA student.  

Other nominees: Malcolm Christie (basketball), Evan MacKinnon (hockey) and Michael Donovan (volleyball)