Bryant Keirns, junior from Wichita, Kansas, finished as the individual runner-up for the second straight year at the NCAA Division II Heartland Conference Championship, leading the Oklahoma Christian Eagles to a second-place team finish despite missing two of their top runners. Keirns' time of 24:48.83 -- on a chilly day with a north wind of about 20-25 mph -- was a personal best by more than 20 seconds.
Men’s Cross Country DI Nominees: Bryant Keirns, Oklahoma Christian University; Ryan Campbell, Mississippi College; Neno Bellinotti, Indiana Wesleyan University; Cody Velthuizen, Trinity Christian College