Rio Grande Sports Information
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - Cody Booth punched his ticket to the NAIA national championships later this Spring, while three of his teammates also recorded first-place finishes to lead the University of Rio Grande men's track & field team in the Mountaineer Classic hosted by West Virginia University.
The two-day event, which was not team scored, concluded Saturday at the Mylan Park Track & Field Complex.
Booth, a senior from New Philadelphia, Ohio, won the 1,500-meter run in a time of 3:55.97 and met the "B" qualifying standard of 3:56.50 for the NAIA National Championship, which will take place in May.
The trio of Spencer Harris, Daniel Everett and Skylar Gries also posted first-place performances.
