Canadian Cougar Rory Linkletter returned on Monday from competing in the 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships as a member of Team Canada, taking 76th place overall in the men's senior 10K race, which took place on Sunday, March 26, in Kampala, Uganda.
In November, Linkletter was named to a six-man Team Canada squad that participated in the World Championships and placed 12th among 20 countries, with the BYU sophomore finishing 76th with a time of 31:54. He entered the race as the third-fastest Canadian but crossed the finish line shortly behind the nation's top finisher to claim second place for Team Canada.