Rio Grande's Booth races to RSC Men's Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio -- University of Rio Grande senior Cody Booth qualified for NAIA nationals in the 1,500 meters to claim River States Conference Men's Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week presented by Brown & Brown Insurance for March 28-April 3.
The New Philadelphia, Ohio, native won the 1,500 at the WVU Mountaineer Classic to clinch a trip to outdoor nationals. Booth ran a time of 3 minutes, 55.97 seconds to get in under four minutes and hit the NAIA 'B' qualifying standard.
There were 23 competitors in the race. Booth got into nationals by about a half a second with the minimum standard being 3:56.50.
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