NEW ORLEANS, La. – The Bridgewater College men's cross country team comes in as the 10^th ranked team in this week's U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association South Region ranking, which was announced Tuesday evening.

The Eagles totaled 523 points to take home 19^th in the 8k Interregional Border Battle hosted by Rowan University.

Bennett Cupps placed 79^th with a time of 26:21.4 to lead the way for BC and earned the 19^th best time in program history. Ryder Rose is now 24^th all-time with a 26:29.2 finish and 93^rd place finish.

Gabriel Miller and Anthony Cadle took the next two spots being clocked at 26:42.7 and 26:44.6, respectively.

Ethan Duncan rounded out the scoring for Bridgewater with the fifth best time.

This is the fifth consecutive week the team has earned a ranking.

The Eagles will have a few days off, then run in the ODAC Championship next Saturday, Oct. 28 starting at 11 am.