On Tuesday, Grand Valley State University women’s track and field runner Rachel Patterson was named the GLIAC “Athlete of the Week” for her performance at last Saturday’s Stanford Invitational. In an invitational that was composed of mainly Division I schools, Patterson finished 13th in the top heat of the 5,000 meter run. She earned an NCAA Division II automatic qualifying time of 15:54.35 in the event, the top qualifying time in the country right now. Patterson’s time was also the third-best 5,000 meter time in Grand Valley State history. Patterson will compete with the Lakers at Saturday’s Hillsdale Invitational.