The Wayne State College men's cross country team took 11^th place with a team score of 280 points Saturday morning at the Northern Sun Conference Championships held in Bismarck, North Dakota at McDowell Dam.  Senior Titus Kiptoo was the top Wildcat runner taking 33^rd overall in a time of 25:41.
            Augustana captured the NSIC men's cross country title for the 13^th time in the last 14 years edging Minnesota Duluth 56-60 with MSU Moorhead third at 96.  Minnesota State (117 points) and Sioux Falls (130) rounded out the top five teams.
            Host University of Mary was sixth at 169 points with Northern State seventh (193), Concordia-St. Paul eighth at 205, Minot State ninth (210) and Winona State 10^th with 242 points.  Wayne State was 11^th at 280 with Minnesota Crookston (330) and Southwest Minnesota State (416) rounding out the team standings.
            Kiptoo, a senior from Kapsabet, Kenya, crossed the line in a time of 25:41 to finish 33^rd in a field of 124 runners.  Sophomore Quentin Dreyer was next in 45^th place at 25:57 with senior Abe Schroeder taking 72^nd place overall at 26:51.
            Other Wildcat finishers were Wakefield senior Gabe Peitz in 85^th place at 27:11, West Point junior Brandon Mitzel 97^th at 27:29, Lincoln Lutheran freshman Brady Franzen 102^nd in 27:39 and Milford freshman Carter Roth taking 120^th overall at 29:34.
            Wayne State will conclude their season on Saturday, November 4^th at the NCAA Division II Central Region Championships in Joplin, Missouri.
 
Wayne State men's finishers at NSIC Championships
McDowell Dam - Bismarck, North Dakota (8,000-meters)
33.        Titus Kiptoo                  25:41
45.        Quentin Dreyer              25:57
72.        Abe Schroeder              26:51
85.        Gabe Peitz                    27:11
97.        Brandon Mitzel              27:29
102.      Brady Franzen               27:39
120.      Carter Roth                   29:34