Rhodes Invitational Plays Host To Record Crusader Showing

BOZHILOV SHATTERS RECORD

IRVING, Texas - Crusaders took to the Rhodes Invite to set the track ablaze and add to the seasons accolades. 

Alexander Bozhilov shattered the 10,000 meter record at Rhodes setting the tone for a special weekend for the Crusaders. 

• He placed 1st beating NCAA D1, NCAA D3, and NAIA athletes with a time of 32:55.18.
•  He beat a 10 year old record set by Javier Seceria in 2013 with a time of 35:10.50. 

Freshman Allison Leonesio ran her very first collegiate 10,000 meters and executed throughout the race placing 5th with a time of 48.23.48.

( We couldn’t compete on Saturday due to the weather. )

Coach Nick said this when recaping this weekends events, “ There are not many opportunities to run the 10,000 meters in the south so this was a golden opportunity to do this early in the season to gain some experience. Both Ally and Alex will run the 10k at conference while we had to get an official time in for Alex to get him in the highly prestigious Texas Relays next week. They both ran a great race and we will build from here for both of them.”

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