Simpson cross country teams to compete in NCAA regional

INDIANOLA, Iowa – The Simpson College men's and women's cross country teams are set to compete in the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional on Saturday.

MEET INFORMATION

• Saturday, Nov. 11
• Men's Race - 11 a.m. | Women's Race - 12 p.m.
• Waverly, Iowa (hosted by Wartburg)
• Max Championship Cross Country Course
• Live Results | Course Map

WHAT'S AT STAKE

• The winning team on each side receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Championship, which will be held Nov. 18 in Carlisle, Pa.
• After the NCAA announces the other teams that receive an at-large bid, the top seven individuals on non-qualified teams will also earn spots to the championship meet.
• Additionally, the top 35 overall runners on each side will earn all-region honors.

SIMPSON LINEUPS
MEN
1. Spencer Moon
2. Ean Warrick
3. James Murray
4. Marc Medici
5. Andrew Klein
6. Louden Foster
7. Drew Engler

WOMEN
1. Lara Kallem
2. Teghan Booth
3. Ashley Rockhold
4. Emily Erhardt
5. Elise Wieland
6. Kaya Young
7. Mya Whitaker

ABOUT THE STORM

• Both Simpson teams have been inside the top 10 of the USTFCCCA Midwest Regional Rankings since the preseason, with the women currently fifth and the men seventh.
• At the American Rivers Conference Championship, each team had three all-conference honorees.
• The women were led by Lara Kallem's ninth-place finish, taking third overall in the team's best showing at the conference meet since 1991.
• It was Kallem's second straight all-conference honor, the first time a Storm runner accomplished the feat since Catie Ellingson in 2009-10.
• Teghan Booth and Ashley Rockhold also picked up their first career all-conference cross country honors for the Storm women.
• The men finished fourth overall, led by senior standout Spencer Moon, who claimed second individually, the best individual performance by a Storm runner at the conference meet since 1989.
• Ean Warrick and James Murray also earned all-conference honors, with Murray running a career-best in the process.