BETHLEHEM, Pennsylvania — The University of Maryland Eastern Shore competed at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania with freshman Aurelia Jepkorir (Eldoret, Kenya) turning in the school's top finish at 86^th place (21:59.4) in the 6K race.

Freshman Nahom Ftwi (Germantown, Maryland) finished 141^st (33:36.5) to lead the men.

"It was a successful day for us at regionals," Hawks coach Damion Drummond said. "Everyone who competed got a PR for their races. I'm extremely proud of my two young freshmen in Aurelia & Nahom."

The women's squad finished 30^th overall with Asshanni Robb (Carson, Iowa) in 195^th, Amirah Jones (Suffolk, Virginia) in 202^nd, Nikyia Wooten (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) in 203^rd and Fancy Kipyego (Kiptegap, Kenya) in 205^th.

"Aurelia's 86th place was in a very large field and Amirah redeemed herself with a huge PR from 28 minutes her freshman year to 24 today," Drummond said.

The men did not have a full team compete in the 10K race, but found success with those who competed.

Edwin Kipruto (Iten, Kenya) was 158^th (34:19.9) and John Akakeya (Staten Island, New York) was 166^th (34:45.9).

Next up for The Shore is IC4A/ECAC Championships Nov. 23.