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Cameron Levins to Represent Canada at XC World Championships

Men's Track & Field SUU Strategic Communication

Cameron Levins to Represent Canada at XC World Championships

CEDAR CITY, Utah - March 18 - Southern Utah University's Cameron Levins will be on an international stage this weekend when he competes with his native Canada at the IAAF Cross Country World Championships in Punta Umbria, Spain.  Levins earned the right to compete at the world championships by way of a first-place finish at the Canadian Championships in November.

Levins will enter the race with a full head of steam, competing for the Thunderbirds in the outdoor track & field season and breaking the school record in the men's 5,000-meters twice so far this season.  His best time of the season, 13:49.82 is one of the fastest in the nation and could put the junior on pace to set the Canadian Olympic standard during his senior year.

However, the world championship race is scheduled as a 12k and has been dominated by runners from Kenya and Ethiopia over the past 20 years.  The two countries have combined to generate the men's or women's champion, dating back to 1991 with the lone exception in 1994 when a runner from Portugal cut the tape first on the women's side.

"This is an incredible opportunity for Cam and an amazing thing to be happening at our University," SUU track and field head coach Eric Houle said.  "The Africans are the world leaders when it comes to distance running and to have a chance to run against the best in the world is something that Cam will remember for the rest of his life.  We think Cam can finish in the top 30 of the field on Sunday and that is really saying something, that Southern Utah has one of the top 30 fastest runners on the planet Earth."

For more information on the race please visit the IAAF website, here.

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Cameron Levins

Cameron Levins

DISTANCE
5' 11"
Redshirt Junior