FHSU Sports Information Department
NEW ORLEANS – Two Fort Hays State cross country runners earned 2015 Division II USTFCCCA All-Region Honors in Joplin, Mo. on Saturday (Nov. 7). For one to receive the All-Region honor, they must finish within the top twenty-five at their regional championship. Cory Keehn and Shea Bonine both attained the honor with Keehn taking second place overall in the men’s race and Bonine taking 25th in the women’s race.
Keehn completed the 10K course in 29:51, just 12 seconds back of Missouri Southern’s Vincent Kiprop, who was the only runner to beat Keehn at the MIAA Championships as well. With the second-place finish, not only did Keehn receive All-Regiion honors, but he qualified for the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships, also to be held in Joplin, Mo. This is the third time in Keehn’s career at Fort Hays State that he qualified for nationals.
Near the end of the 2015 season, Shea Bonine became the focal point of the Fort Hays State women’s cross country team when she had one of the best races of her career at the MIAA Championships by finishing sixth. By finishing 25th at the regional, she helped her team to a sixth place finish at the Central Regional meet and earned her first career all-region honor. Bonine ran a time of 21:59 on the 6K course.
The 2015 NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships will take place on Saturday, November 21.