Steinmetz Earns Third Weekly Conference Honor

HELENA, Mont. -- For the third time this season, freshman Grace Steinmetz (Council Bluffs, Iowa) has been named the Frontier Conference Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week for her performance at last weekend's Blazing Tiger NAIA Classic. 

Steinmetz placed first overall in the field of 275 runners in the Blazing Tiger NAIA Classic held at Mahoney State Park in Ashland, Neb. She ran a split time of 17 minutes, 20 seconds at the 5K on her way to a meet record of 20 minutes, 48.1 seconds in the 6K race. The former meet record, held by Ellyse Tingelstad of the College of Idaho, was 20:52. Steinmetz missed her own school record of 20:40, set two weeks ago on a much faster course.

Head Coach Craig Christians: Grace just did Grace things again and showed again that she's one of the top women in the NAIA."

The Bruins will travel to Billings, Mont., for their first Frontier Conference Championship on Nov. 7. The championship team and top four individuals who are not members of that team will advance to the NAIA Championship on Nov. 21 in Tallahassee, Fla.