Southern Utah’s Cameron Levins finished as the top Canadian at the IAAF Cross Country World Championships in Punta Umbria, Spain, Sunday, finishing 57th in the 122-athlete field. All but one of the top 15 runners hailed from the African continent.
Levins finished the 12-kilometer race with a time of 36:36, finishing ahead of teammate Kelly Wiebe who crossed the finish line in 59tgh place with a time of 36:39. The rest of the Canadian team finished near the back of the pack.
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"This is a race that Cam will remember for the rest of his life," SUU head track and field coach Eric Houle said. "This was like racing against 100 Michael Jordans and to finish in the top half of that field and in the world is truly an amazing accomplishment."
Levins will now return to SUU and continue the outdoor track season where the junior already has turned in one of the nation’s fastest 5,000-meter times with an eye on an NCAA national championship in June.
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