Rio Grande/RSC Sports Information
    OWENSBORO, Ky. - Kameron Carpenter and Keshawn Jones secured berths in the NAIA National Championship as individuals, while also leading the University of Rio Grande to a third place finish as a team in Saturday's River States Conference Men's Cross Country Championships at Yellow Creek Park.
    Carpenter, a senior from Newark, Ohio, finished the 8K course in a time of 26:56 and placed seventh overall, earning first team All-RSC honors in the process.
    Jones, a junior from Mansfield, Ohio, was ninth in a time of 27:05 and was named to the All-RSC second team based on his finish.
    As a result of being two of the top six finishers who were not members of the winning team, Carpenter and Jones also punched their respective tickets to take part  in the NAIA National Championship on Friday, Nov. 16, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
    Rio Grande tallied 93 points as team, finishing behind conference champion west Virginia University-Tech and runner-up Point Park University.