Junior Quentin Dreyer was the top finisher for the Wayne State College men's cross country team at the NCAA Central Region Championships held Saturday morning in Joplin, Missouri at the Tom Rutledge Cross Country Course.  As a team, Wayne State finished 26^th place with a team score of 721 points.
            East Central (Okla.) edged Northwest Missouri State 71-76 for the team title with Pittsburg State third at 103 points.  Washburn (175) and Nebraska-Kearney (176) rounded out the top five teams.
            Dreyer was the first Wildcat to cross the finish line on the 10,000-meter course with a time of 33:03.83 to place 110^th overall out of a field of 213 runners.  Freshman Ethan Walters was next in 126^th place at 33:28.25 with Brody Lucas in 145^th place in a time of 33:55.02.
            Other Wildcat finishers were Brady Franzen (164^th – 34:29.99), Akron Jostand (176^th – 34:52.72), Brandon Mitzel (179^th – 34:56.81) and Andrew Wyllie (198^th – 35:50.52).
 
Wayne State men's finishers at NCAA Central Region Championships
Tom Rutledge Cross Country Course – Joplin, Missouri (10,000-meters)
 
110.      Quentin Dreyer              33:03.83
126.      Ethan Walters               33:28.25
145.      Brody Lucas                  33:55.02
164.      Brady Franzen               34:29.99
176.      Akron Jostand              34:52.72
179.      Brandon Mitzel              34:56.81
198.      Andrew Wyllie               35:50.52