PEORIA, Ill. -- Junior Michael Ward (Cardiff, South Wales/Llanishen) has been named the Bradley COUNTRY Financial Scholar-Athlete of the Week after earning a spot in this week's NCAA Cross Country National Championship with a ninth-place NCAA Midwest Regional finish.
Ward's ninth-place finish is the best in school history at regionals, while he also broke his own 10K record with a time of 30:33.7 (15 seconds faster than the previous standard). The first Bradley male runner to reach the NCAA Cross Country Championship, Ward helped the Braves to a program best fifth-place team finish at the NCAA Regional.