BOWLING GREEN, Ky. --  After leading the Phoenix to a strong finish at the Royals Challenge and finishing in the top 100 overall, Romulo Basso Filho earned his first Mid-South Cross Country Runner of the Week award, the league announced Monday.

Basso Filho finished 99th out of 263 competitors with a time of 26:04.7. The freshman was the leading force in earning Cumberland a 23rd-place finish at the event. 

This is the freshman's first conference award of his career.

The Phoenix will be back on the trail as they head to Grand Rapids, Michigan, to compete in the Great Lakes Challenge on October 24th, with Filho and the rest of the men's Cross Country team competing at 10:00 AM.