NYRR

By Adam Jacobs

On Saturday November 10, Liberty University senior Josh McDougal outkicked Eastern Kentucky's Jacob Korir to win the third regional title of his career and avenged a bitter loss at last year's NCAA Southeast Regional Championship.

After a year of personal struggles and a 2006 cross country season that ended with a 27th-place finish at nationals, 22-year-old McDougal has bounced back with a fury and exhibited new-found levels of self-confidence and resilience.

Riding the momentum of his recent successes, McDougal is now headed to Terre Haute, Indiana, on Monday where he'll square off with the nation's elite collegiate distance runners, including Oregon's Galen Rupp and Northern Arizona's Lopez Lomong, in an epic battle for the NCAA Division I National Championship.