INDIANAPOLIS -- Mary Heinen (Richmond, Virginia) won the girls 17-18 title at the USATF National Junior Olympics XC Championships to earn USATF Athlete of the Week. Heinen, a senior at Richmond’s Walker High School, won her third straight national title after taking gold in the 15-16 division in 2018 at Reno and in 2017 at Tallahassee. It was a dominant performance by Heinen, who clocked 17:46.2 for 5K on a frigid day in Madison, Wisconsin, to beat club teammate and runner-up Emilia Joyce by almost two minutes. The three-time Virginia high school state champion also led her Richmond Track & Field club to the team title. Full results are here. Other notable performances from the past week: Morgan Pearson — Pearson won the men’s 10K USATF Club Cross Country Championships in 29:54 to help his Tinman Elite squad to a dominant team title effort. Aisling Cuffe — Cuffe captured the individual gold in the women’s 6K at the USATF Club Cross Country Championships with a 20:07. Joe Sheeran — Sheeran, 62, won the masters men’s 8K race at the USATF Club Cross Country Championships by 52 seconds in 28:42. It was Sheeran’s third national title in a row. Sascha Scott — Scott, 44, was the masters women’s 6K champion at the USATF Club Cross Country Championships, clocking 22:26. Jacques Sallberg — Sallberg, 45, took top honors in the masters men’s 10K at the USATF Club Cross Country Championships with a 32:55. Erik Le Roux — Le Roux won his third straight title and eighth straight all-America honor with a 15:10.1 in the boys 15-16 5K at the USATF National Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships. Now in its 18th year, USATF’s Athlete of the Week program is designed to recognize outstanding performers at all levels of the sport. USATF names a new honoree each week and features the athlete on USATF.org. Selections are based on top performances and results from the previous week. 2019 Winners: January 9, Nick Christie; January 16, Hillary Bor; January 23, Taylor Ewert; January 30, Devin Dixon; February 6, Alison Wood; February 13, Ajee’ Wilson; February 20, Abbabiya Simbassa; February 27, Athing Mu; March 6, Neringa Jakstiene; March 13, Grant Holloway; March 20, Robyn Stevens; March 27, Deena Kastor; April 3, Irene Obera; April 10, Stanley Kebenei; April 17, Israel Merkle; April 24, Ryan Crouser; May 1, Emily Sisson; May 8, Kayla White; May 15, Parker Stinson; May 22, Kenny Bednarek; May 29, Sha’Carri Richardson; June 6, Brooke Andersen; June 12, Sha’Carri Richardson; June 19, Kayla Davis; June 26, Jordan Gray; July 3, Will Claye; July 10, Noah Lyles; July 17, Florence Meiler; July 24, Matthew Boling; July 31, Dalilah Muhammad; August 7, Cory McGee; August 14, Kara Winger; August 21, Leonard Korir; August 28, Will Claye; September 4, Donavan Brazier; September 11, Sara Hall; September 18, Kate Grace; October 10, Dalilah Muhammad; October 17, Jacques Sallberg; October 24, Leonard Korir; October 31, Camille Herron; November 7, Abdi Abdirahman; November 13, Dot McMahan; November 20, Joseph Gray; November 27, Grayson Murphy; December 5, Eric Jenkins; December 12, Katelyn Tuohy; December 19, Mary Heinen. We welcome your nominations! To nominate an athlete for USATF Athlete of the Week, please send a detailed email about his/her performance to communications@usatf.org. Fans can follow along with #USATF on Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat and Facebook.