University of Alabama-Huntsville sophomore Blaise Binns was named Gulf South Conference Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week on Tuesday.
This past week, at the 2012 Chili Pepper Festival, hosted by the University of Arkansas, Binns finished 57th among a field packed with Division I opponents. He posted the second-fastest time in school history by completing the 10,000-meter course in 32:17.5. His performance was a five-second improvement over his prior personal best of 32:23.
This marks the third time this season that Binns, the 2011 GSC Freshman of the Year, has been honored as the men’s cross country student-athlete of the week (9/12, 10/1 and 10/16).