Alderton picks up RSC Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week

MIDDLETOWN, Ohio -- Breanna Alderton from Brescia (Ky.) University is the River States Conference Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week for Aug. 28-Sept. 3. 

A senior from Owensboro, Ky., Alderton placed third of 84 runners at the Centre-Berea Jamboree to begin the season. That was with a time of 14 minutes, 27 seconds in the 4K race. 

That performance crushed the previous school record for a 4K of 16:09.