NCAA Central Regional Men's Cross Country Championship Final Results

            The Wayne State College men's cross country team finished 24^th with a team score of 638 points at the NCAA Division II Central Region Championships in Joplin, Missouri Saturday afternoon.  It's the best finish at regionals for the Wildcat men since 2016 and an improvement of 61 points in the team score from last year.
            Missouri Southern topped Northwest Missouri State 52-64 to capture the team title with Augustana (76), Fort Hays State (144) and Sioux Falls (146) rounding out the top five teams.  Wayne State was 24^th out of 27 teams with a score of 638.
            Wildcat junior Bailey Peckham was the top WSC runner crossing the tape in 98^th place out of a field of 192 runners with a time of 33:20 on the 10,000-meter course.  Peckham improved by 45 positions from last year and improved his time by 38 seconds on the same course as last year.
            Brock Hegarty and Dylan Kessler were the next Wildcat runners with Hegarty 128^th (34:10) and Kessler 133^rd (34:14).
            Other Wildcat finishers included Bryce Holcomb (145^th – 34:53), Jakob Kemper (147^th – 34:53), Nathan Pearson (157^th – 35:23) and Nathan Hiemer (169^th – 35:54).         
 
Wayne State men's finishers at NCAA Central Region Championships
Tom Rutledge Cross Country Course – Joplin, Missouri (10,000-meter course)
 
98.        Bailey Peckham            33:20
128.      Brock Hegarty               34:10
133.      Dylan Kessler                34:14
145.      Bryce Holcomb             34:53
147.      Jakob Kemper               34:53
157.      Nathan Pearson            35:23   
169.      Nathan Hiemer              35:54