Wisconsin-Parkside’s Ben Orvold (Sussex, WI.) is the Great Lakes Valley Conference Men’s Cross Country Runner of the Week. The senior led the Rangersat the UW-Oshkosh Cross Country Open this past Friday.
Orvold won the 8K race in a field of 50 runners, finishing with a time of 24:42. This is the 3rd race that he has won this year. Orvold ran a personal best, a half minute faster than his previous best performance.
The Rangers will compete again Nov. 6 at the GLVC Championship, which is being hosted by UW-Parkside.
Other top performers in the GLVC last week included Bellarmine’s Jordan Parayil, Lewis’s Scott Tanis and St. Joseph’s Corey Spriggs.