16 GLIAC Runners Earn Men's USTFCCCA All-Midwest Region

16 GLIAC Runners Earn Men's USTFCCCA All-Midwest Region

Release courtesy of Tom Lewis, Communications Manager, USTFCCCA

NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) recognized nearly 400 athletes that earned All-Region awards for cross country in Division II following this weekend’s NCAA Regional Championships. Athletes of member schools that finished in the top 25 individually at one of the eight regional sites earned the honor.

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Chico State led men’s teams with seven athletes earning All-Region honors, followed by Grand Valley State, Alaska Anchorage, Tampa, UMass Lowell, and Colorado Mines, and Adams State which had six each.

Among conferences, the RMAC led with 22 men’s honorees, followed by the PSAC (21) and the Northeast-10 (21).

This was the first year in which the USTFCCCA recognized the top 25 finishers from the NCAA Regional Championships as All-Region honorees. Previously the distinction went to the top 15 among the regions’ top finishers.

The GNAC will host the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships, November 19, at the Plantes Ferry Sports Complex in Spokane, Wash.

The USTFCCCA will release the final regular-season national coaches’ poll of the season in Division II on Wednesday. In addition, regional athletes and coaches of the year will be named Wednesday.

Below are the 16 GLIAC men to be named All-Midwest Region by the USTFCCCA.

GLIAC Members of the All-Midwest Region Team

Brock Weaver

Ashland

Matt Stratman

Ashland

Tom Scott

Ashland

Shoayb Bascal

Findlay

Anthony Witt

Grand Valley State

Tyler Emmorey

Grand Valley State

Ryan Toth

Grand Valley State

Nathan Knisely

Grand Valley State

Brent Showerman

Grand Valley State

Larry Julson

Grand Valley State

Jacob Secor

Hillsdale

Taylor Heath

Lake Superior State

Mark List

Lake Superior State

Tyler Noble

Saginaw Valley State

Alex Townsend

Wayne State (Mich.)

Kevin Debear

Wayne State (Mich.)