Booth picked for RSC Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week from Rio Grande
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio -- University of Rio Grande senior Cody Booth set a personal-best in a meet victory to claim River States Conference Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week Oct. 4-10.
Booth, from New Philadelphia, Ohio, won first place at the Royals Cross Country Challenge Blue Division hosted by Queens University in Charlotte, N.C. Booth had a time of 24 minutes, 41 seconds in the 8K, which beat his previous best by more than a minute.
Booth beat the next closest runner by 37 seconds and helped Rio Grande to seventh place of 25 teams. There were 188 runners in the race overall. The RedStorm will host the Rio Grande Classic Oct. 22 for their next meet.