Record Day For St. Ben’s Runner
UNDATED (WJON News) -- A College of St. Benedict athlete made history Saturday. Cross Country runner Fiona Smith won the NCAA Division 3 individual title for the Bennies.
It is the school's first-ever cross-country title and only the eighth for the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC). Smith won the six-kilometer race in record fashion as well taking the tape in a time of 19 minutes 54 seconds, the first ever runner to record a sub 20-minute race.
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It was the third time this year Smith ran a sub 20-minute race and she is the first three-time All-American in cross country for the school as well. She is a senior majoring in mathematics and computer science from Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
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