Briana McCloskey finished the cross country season with a career-best effort and Nathan Schneider took home five wins in the pool as the duo was named Student-Athletes of the Month for November 2014.

Nick Yaeger paced the Simpson men s cross country team to a 17th-place finish of 27 teams at the NCAA Division III Central Region Championships on Saturday.

Briana McCloskey closed out a great second half to the season and the Simpson women s cross country team was the most improved in the region, placing 19th of 27 teams at the NCAA Division III Central Region Championships on Saturday.

Nick Yaeger placed 37th overall and the Simpson men s cross country team placed sixth of eight teams at the Iowa Conference Championships at Pickard Park on Saturday.

Briana McCloskey made a late push to place 23rd at the Iowa Conference Championships, helping the Storm to a sixth-place finish.

Nick Yaeger ran to a 12th-place finish to lead the Storm.

Briana McCloseky placed fourth overall and Sadie Timms came in fifth to lead the Storm to a second-place finish of five teams at the Loras Invitational on Friday afternoon.

Freshman cross country runner Sadie Timms and junior golfer Trent Lindenman earned Simpson Student-Athlete of the Month honors for September 2014.

Simpson ran in the 2014 Chile Pepper Festival in Fayetteville, Ark. on Saturday, placing 17th of 27 teams.

The Storm placed 15th of 25 teams at one of the nation's largest meets.