The Hope College men's cross-country team galloped to another historic run Saturday in Louisville, Kentucky.

The 16th-ranked Flying Dutchmen dominated the field at the 37-team NCAA Division III Great Lakes Regional, running away with the second regional title in program history and their first since 1980.

Led by seven all-region performances, the Flying Dutchmen totaled 53 points and clinched a berth in next week's NCAA Division III Championships by finishing 41 points ahead of runner-up Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.

Two weeks ago, the Orange and Blue claimed their first MIAA title since 1986.

"It means quite a lot to be able to achieve this," head coach Mark Northuis said. Northuis ran on Hope's last regional championship team. "It's something our runners have worked extremely hard for. We're grateful for everyone who came before and helped push us to where we are."

Hope clocked seven of the fastest 18 times on the 8K course at E.P. "Tom" Sawyer State Park, earning multiple all-region accolades with top-30 finishes.

Sophomore Logan Begeman (Portage, Michigan / Portage Central) led a trio of top-10 Flying Dutchmen.

The MIAA MVP recorded an eighth-place time of 25 minutes, 12.83 seconds.

Sophomore Elias Kretchmar (Granville, Ohio / Granville) followed right behind in ninth at 25:15.43.

Senior Carston Cole (Holland, Michigan / West Ottawa) crossed next, placing 10th in 25:20.77.

Three more Hope runners finished among the top 15.

Freshman Aiden Moore (Battle Creek, Michigan / Lakeview) clocked a 12th-place time of 25:25.70.

Senior Jonathan Harlow (Holland, Michigan / Home School) took 14th in 25:26.68.

Senior Lucas Guidone (Chicago, Illinois / Taft) finished right behind in 15th at 25:27.02.

Sophomore Cooper Jacobsen (Grand Rapids, Michigan / Forest Hills Eastern) placed 18th in 25:36.19.

"We were able to run a strong, controlled race," Northuis said. "We had a target on our backs; teams were trying to break up our pack. To have 24 seconds between our pack shows the strength in our numbers."