GREENVILLE, SC (11/17/2020)-- The National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) has named seven Bob Jones University Bruins men's cross country runners to the DII South All-Region teams. Regional recognition is earned based on how runners finish at the regional championship. Runners who finish in the top seven receive 1st Team All-Region honors while 2nd Team is awarded to those who finish 8th to 14th.

Douglas Stone, a resident of Silver City, was recognized for All-Region team honors.

This season, the Bruins hosted the regional championship on October 31 at Bob Jones University where the Bruins turned in a dominant performance to capture their third-straight region championship.

"Our team had an excellent showing at the region meet," Bruins Head Coach Landon Bright said.

"We had a lot of athletes race well and it was great to see our team well represented on the All-Region teams. In cross country you are judged based on one performance, so to have so many compete well on the same day was very encouraging."

Michael Steurer, Douglas Stone, and Nathan Stewart earned 1st Team All-Region honors after placing in the top-seven at the meet. Steurer ran a great race and finished strong as he placed 1st overall in the meet with a time of 27:33.3. Douglas Stone came in 4th overall as he finished with a time of 28:14.3 while Nathan Stewart placed 7th with a time of 28:40.0.

The Bruins also had four runners earn 2nd Team All-Region as Solomon Shafer placed 9th (28:51.6), Joseph Grassmid 10th (28:56.6), Douglas Flynn 11th (29:06.9), and Ryan Heying 14th (29:28.8) as the Bruins finished the meet strong.

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