LOUISVILLE, Ky. — University of Rio Grande senior Nick Wilson is the Mid-South Conference Men’s Cross Country Runner of the Week for the week ending Sept. 22, conference officials announced on Monday. The weekly award is the first of the season for Wilson and the second of his career.
Wilson won the 42nd Annual Rio Grande / Patty Forgey Cross Country Invitational on Saturday to earn the conference’s weekly award.
The former Warren Warrior standout finished the 8,000 meters in 27 minutes and 17 seconds. Wilson and teammate Joe Taranto — who finished runner-up — were the only two men to cross the finish line in under 28 minutes.
Wilson helped the RedStorm win the 54-man, seven-team event. Rio Grande finished with 24 team points, just in front of Campbellsville University’s 31 points.
Also, the University of Rio Grande’s Kayla Renner is the Mid-South Conference Women’s Cross Country Runner of the Week for the week ending Sept. 22, conference officials announced on Monday. The weekly award is Renner’s first of the season and of her career.
Renner captured the 42nd Annual Rio Grande / Patty Forgey Cross Country Invitational to earn the conference’s weekly award. The Galloway, Ohio, senior broke the tape in 20 minutes and 32 seconds on the 5,000-meter course. Renner won the 41-woman race by 36 seconds over her nearest competitor.
Renner was the lone woman in the field to break the 21-minute barrier.
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