SPARTANBURG, SC – UNC Greensboro junior Xavier Rutz has been named the Southern Conference’s Male Cross Country Performer of the Week for his outstanding performance last weekend.
Rutz, a native of Cary, NC, finished second at the Winthrop Asics Invitational last week in Rock Hill, SC to help the Spartans to a second place finish at the meet. Rutz recorded a time of 26:06 over the 8000-meter course. The mark shattered his previous personal best by 90 seconds. His second place finish was among 120 runners.
UNCG returns to action September 30 when it travels to the Mason Invitational in Centreville, VA.
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