Four All-Region runners help send Eagles to National Championships
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Four University of Southern Indiana Men’s Cross Country runners earned All-Region honors with top-25 finishes to help the Screaming Eagles to a second-place finish at the NCAA II Midwest Region Championships Saturday at Angle Mounds. The finish secured a spot in the NCAA II National Championship in two weeks.
Senior Chase Broughton (Marengo, Indiana) was the top USI finisher with a sixth-place finish and time of 30 minutes, 34.21 seconds. Broughton was the top finisher for the Eagles at the regional meet for the second straight year, while also earning his second straight All-Region award.
Also finishing in the top-ten was fellow senior Noah Lutz (Evansville, Indiana) with a time of 30:52.11 in 10th. After missing out on the award by a single spot last season. Lutz earns his second All-Region nod and his first since 2013.
Junior Bastian Grau (Höchstadt, Germany) and sophomore Darin Lawrence (Indianapolis, Indiana) also earned All-Region honors with finishes of 23rd and 24th, respectively, The award is the first for either in their careers.
The final three USI runners all earned top-50 finishes. Junior Cain Parker (Petersburg, Indiana) finished 36th, junior James Cecil (Owensboro, Kentucky) crossed the finish line in 43rd, and freshman Nathan Hall(Springfield, Missouri) was 49th. Hall, the GLVC Freshman of the Year, was the fourth fastest freshman at the regional.
Grand Valley State University was the top finishing team with 45 points, while USI followed with 99. Also earning bids to the National Championships were Saginaw Valley State University, Hillsdale College, and Lewis University.
Advancing to the National Championships as individuals were the top three individual finishers overall. Tiffin University’s James Ngandu, Ashland University’s Nick Hall, and Bellarmine University’s Chris Striegel all advance to the National Championships.
The NCAA II National Championships will be held in St. Leo, Florida November 19 with the men’s race scheduled for 7:30 a.m.
2 Southern Indiana 31:06.76 70 99
Team Overall Name Time Score
1 6 Chase Broughton 00:30:34.21 6
2 10 Noah Lutz 00:30:52.11 10
3 23 Bastian Grau 00:31:11.12 23
4 24 Darin Lawrence 00:31:13.24 24
5 36 Cain Parker 00:31:43.15 36
6 43 James Cecil 00:31:51.29 0
7 49 Nathan Hall 00:31:56.45 0
