The Wayne State College men's cross country team placed 10^th Saturday morning at the Northern Sun Conference Cross Country Championships held at Souris Valley Golf Course in Minot, North Dakota.  The Wildcats had a team score of 257 points with freshman Ethan Walters being the highest finishing Wildcat runner taking 34^th place overall out of a field of 133 runners.
            Augustana captured the team title with 31 points, well ahead of second-place MSU Moorhead with 70 points.  Minnesota Duluth (106), UMary (134) and Sioux Falls (138) closed out the top five teams.  Minnesota State won a tiebreaker over Winona State for sixth place with both teams scoring 176 points.  Concordia-St. Paul (192), Northern State (204) and Wayne State (257) rounded out the top 10 teams.          
            Walters, a freshman from Elkhorn HS, crossed the finish line first for the Wildcats with a time of 25:15.5 on the 8,000-meter course.  Quentin Dreyer was next for WSC in 44^th place overall at 25:33.6 and Brody Lucas 46^th at 25:37.5.
            Freshman Akron Jostand (80^th at 26:18.4) and senior Brandon Mitzel (98^th – 27:22.5) rounded out the top five Wildcat runners.
            Other WSC runners included Andrew Wyllie (105^th – 27:01.9), Brady Franzen (106^th – 27:02.6), William Keller was 111^th in 27:20.9 and Simeon Weers 131^st at 29:51.5.
            Wayne State competes at the NCAA Central Region Championships in Joplin, Missouri on Saturday, November 9^th.
 
Wayne State men's finishers at Northern Sun Conference Championships
Souris Valley Golf Course – Minot, North Dakota (8,000-meters)
 34.       Ethan Walters               25:15.5
 44.       Quentin Dreyer              25:33.6
 46.       Brody Lucas                  25:37.5
 80.       Akron Jostand              26:18.4
 98.       Brandon Mitzel              27:22.5
105.      Andrew Wyllie               27:01.9
106.      Brady Franzen               27:02.6
111.      William Keller                27:20.9
131.      Simeon Weers               29:51.5