KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Bryce Derick of SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) has been named the NAIA National Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week, the National office announced Wednesday. Derick was selected based on his performances from Oct. 15 - 21 and was chosen out of a pool of conference and Association of Independent Institution winners.

Runner of the Week
Bryce Derick, SCAD Atlanta
FR, Big Flats, N.Y.

•  Competed in the Sand Shark Invitational  
•  Finished first of 139 runners in the 8k race with a time of 25:51
•  Led his team to its first win at the Sand Shark Invitational

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Nominees: Tyler Alverson, Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.); Chris Lemp, Lyon (Ark.); Schulyer Ogden, William Woods (Mo.); Joshua Beam, Point (Ga.); Surafuel Tesfay, Marymount California; Brandon Kelsey, Southern Oregon; Spencer Glubay, Walla Walla (Wash.); Alex Martin, College of Idaho; Nick Bushey, Governors State (Ill.); Spencer Swaim, Carroll (Mont.); Nash Grafe, Providence (Mont.) (Mont.); Isaiah Rankins, Dillard (La.); Samuel Abdellatif, Xavier (La.); Branden Humphrey, Tougaloo (Miss.); Oscar Ramirez, Thomas More (Ky.); Jim Headrick, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.); Drake Ingold, Viterbo (Wis.); Charles Dorsett, Texas Wesleyan; Cooper Herrington, William Carey (Miss.); Anthony Garza , Bethel (Tenn.); Gabriel Hogan, Ave Maria (Fla.); Myles Baynard-Jones, SCAD Savannah (Ga.); Tewodros Eckstein, USC Beaufort (S.C.); Tommy Cardenas, St. Thomas (Fla.); Travis Holton, Webber International (Fla.); Nolan McGahan, Lawrence Tech (Mich.)

2019-20 Men's Cross Country Composite Award Winners

Week 1 (September 04): Adrien Gentie, Huntington (Ind.)
Week 2 (September 11): Adrien Gentie, Huntington (Ind.)
Week 3 (September 18): Stephen Pacheco, The Master's (Calif.)
Week 4 (September 25): Oscar Kipkoros, Oklahoma City
Week 5 (October 02): Alex Martin, College of Idaho
Week 6 (October 09): Tony Floyd, Madonna (Mich.)
Week 7 (October 16): Cole Olsen, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)
Week 8 (October 23): Bryce Derick, SCAD Atlanta (Ga.)