Rio Grande's Williams races to RSC Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio -- University of Rio Grande (Ohio) senior Lucy Williams led the RSC teams at the Wilmington Jenna Strong Fall Classic and thus was named River States Conference Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week for Oct. 8-15.
Williams, from Athens, Ohio, posted a time of 18:52 in the 5K to place 20th at the meet. That was the top performance of any of the RSC runners in the race and the second-best NAIA showing. There were a number of NCAA Division I programs in the field.
Rio Grande will visit the NAIA Great Lakes Challenge hosted by Aquinas (Mich.) for its next meet on Oct. 20.