CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – The Missouri Baptist University men's cross country team had seven runners record personal bests on Saturday morning at the NAIA Seminole Valley Stampede. Overall, the Spartans finished 11^th out 20 teams at the event hosted by Mount Mercy University.
 
Junior Trey Peugeot was MBU's top finisher placing 64^th with a time of 27:42.30.
 
Senior Brian Jordan and sophomore Jordan Crawford crossed the finish line one after the other, both with PRs. Brian Jordan (83^rd) trimmed off 55 seconds from his previous best to clock in at 28:13.80. Jordan Crawford (84^th) also cut significant time off his PR, taking off 1 minute, 4 seconds to finish with a time of 28:17.40.
 
The next wave of Spartans included newcomer Nick Bewen, who dropped 37 seconds to finish 123^rd at 29:31.10, and junior Joshua Person, who improved his time from two weekends ago by eight seconds.
 
Other MBU runners with personal bests were sophomore Colin Brown, freshman Christian Kafoury and sophomore Riley Cantrell.
 
Saturday's meet in Cedar Rapids served as the final tune-up before the American Midwest Conference (AMC) Championships on November 8. The AMC Championships will once again be held in Elsah, Ill. at Principia College's Cross Country Championship Course.