Ohio Christian's Benecke earns RSC Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio -- Ohio Christian University senior Kyle Benecke had a strong performance at the Indiana Wesleyan Twilight to earn River States Conference Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week for Sept. 3-9.
Benecke, from Lewis Center, Ohio, placed 11th of 131 runners at the IWU meet to lead the (RV) Trailblazers to a third-place finish as a team. That was behind only No. 11 Indiana Wesleyan and No. 14 Taylor (Ind.). Benecke's time of 26:55 in the 8,000-meter race led the OCU team.
Ohio Christian will compete again Sept. 22 at the Patty Forgey Invitational hosted by University of Rio Grande (Ohio).