NEW ORLEANS – Seniors Robert Peterson and Della Lyle continue to compile honors, this time garnering U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association all-west region accolades announced Wednesday.
 
The two MSU Billings track and field standouts landed on the list in the 3,000 meter steeplechase. Peterson won the men's race at the 2016 Great Northwest Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships in 8:59.23 while also setting the MSUB school record.
 
Lyle finished the runner-up in women's race at the conference championships in 10:29.08, also setting the MSUB school record.
 
Both student-athletes qualified for the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships being held May 26-28, in Bradenton, Fla. Peterson enters the national meet ranked ninth in the men's 3,000 meter steeplechase, while Lyle is ranked 11^th in the women's race. The preliminaries will be held on May 26. Peterson and Lyle will need to be in the top-9 finishers to move onto the finals being held the following day on May 27.
 
This is the first all-west region honor for both Peterson and Lyle.

To be named all-region, a student-athlete must either be ranked in the top-5 of an individual event in the region according to final TFRRS data or be part of a top-3 relay team. The regions used for this award match those used during the cross country season, and student-athletes must come from USTFCCCA member institutions.