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.

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.

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

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

Behind nearly identical performances from Ethan Pellegrino and Blake Willadsen, Simpson placed 16th in a 35-team field and beat Grinnell, the No. 8 team in the region.

Simpson student-athletes, in conjunction with Sodexo and the Sodexo Foundation, recently collected more than 2,400 non-perishable food items at the third annual Rally to Stop Hunger food drive.

Nick Yaeger placed 50th in a field full of Division I and II runners and the Simpson men s cross country team placed 14th of 22 teams at the Augustana Twilight on Friday night.

Nick Yaeger and Blake Willadsen helped Simpson to a second-place finish at its own Bill Buxton Invitational on Friday night.

The Simpson College cross country program and the National Balloon Classic will host the event on Saturday, Aug. 2.

Today's Division III Week Profile subject is senior baseball player, Jake Barr.