GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Competing at one of the toughest meets of the year at the NAIA Great Lakes Regional Meet held by Aquinas College, both of the Judson University men's and women's cross country teams had personal bests. The men finished 23^rd of 31 teams with two personal bests while the women were 16^th of 25 teams as the entire team had personal best.

Nate Nevius and Andy Anderson both ran personal best in the 8K run as Nevius was Judson's top runner. He finished 96^th overall out of over 300 runners with a time of 26:49. Anderson was Judson's fifth runner and came in 212^th with a time of 29:04. Following Nevius was Robert Altenberger in 151^st with a 27:46 time. Tim Ciochon followed in 186^th (28:20) and Kyle Julian in 195^th (28:36) to round out the top five. Matt DeBall crossed in 225^th place (29:17) while Ethan Hahn was 263^rd (30:30) and Bisrat Kidane in 308^th (35:21).

Providing personal bests for every runner on the team, Judson finished 16^th of 25 teams. Kim Peek was the top runner in 49^th place out of 271 runners in the 5K with a time of 19:34. Meaghan Gard was right behind in 67^th place (19:52) and Kristal Pitts finished out the top 100 runners in 88th place (20:10). Morgan Kimball crossed the line in 114^th place (20:36) as Dianna Clark was 162^nd (21:29), Stephanie Belokon was 173^rd (21:43), and Cassie Criminger came in 182^nd (21:51).

Judson will run next in the CCAC Championships on November 6^th as the host school at the course on the campus of Elgin Community College.