University of Nebraska - Kearney Athletics

Six Earn All-Region Honors

11/22/2022 11:25:00 AM

Kearney, Neb. – Six members of the Nebraska Kearney cross country team have earned 2022 All-Region honors from the U.S. Track & Field/Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).

To earn the honor at the Division II level, a student-athlete must place in the Top 25 at their respective regional meet. This fall 200 men from 81 schools qualified with 200 women representing 85 schools made the cut.

The Loper women are represented by redshirt junior Hannah Pollan (Omaha Benson) who ran the 6k Central Regional course in 21:22.7 to finish 24th and be the team's first scorer. She joins Morgan Benesch (2014 & 2015) and Destiny Reinke (2019) as UNK women to earn All-Region accolades.

All five of UNK's regional scorers placed in the Top 25 and the are Iowa redshirt sophomore Myles Bach (5th/29:25.1), McCool Junction redshirt senior Luke Stuckey (6th/29:26.8), Ainsworth redshirt junior Ben Arens (14th/29:42.3), Juniata redshirt senior Justin Vrooman (22nd/30:13.6) and Kansas sophomore Brett Schoenhofer (25th/30:18.0). The men ran a 10k in Joplin, Mo.

Stuckey is a three-time qualifier, Bach makes it for the second time in a row with the others first time honorees. Stuckey joins Jahn Landrigan (2014-16) and Corbin Hansen (2017-19) as three-time honorees with Bach and Andrew Fields (2016-17) the Loper two-time qualifiers.

Both nationally-ranked UNK teams have qualified for the NCAA Championships, set for Dec. 2 (Fri.) in University Place, Wash.

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