Freshman Lucas Frazier was the top Wayne State finisher for the Wildcat men's cross country team Saturday afternoon at the NCAA Central Region Cross Country Championships at Tom Rutledge Cross Country Course in Joplin, Missouri.  The Wildcats finished 26^th place overall with a team score of 714 points.
            Northwest Missouri State captured the team title with 72 points with Washburn second at 104 and East Central (Okla.) third with 116.  Pittsburg State was fourth with 118 points and Augustana fifth at 127 with 30 teams competing.
            Frazier, a freshman from Beatrice, was the first Wildcat runner to cross the finish line on the 10,000-meter course with a time of 33:40.26 to place 116^th overall out of 206 runners.  Senior Brody Lucas was right behind in 122^nd place in a time of 33:53.27.
            Junior Brady Franzen was next in 150^th place at 34:36.30 with William Keller 155^th place at 34:42.60.  The fifth WSC finisher was freshman Jacob Greving in 171^st place at 35:19.59.
            Other Wayne State finishers were Drew Martin in 190^th at 36:31.06 and Matt Richardson in 193^rd place at 36:53.27.

Wayne State men's finishers at NCAA Central Region Championships
Tom Rutledge Cross Country Course – Joplin, Missouri (10,000 meters)

116.       Lucas Frazier              33:40.26
122.     Brody Lucas                33:53.27
150.     Brady Franzen            34:36.30
155.     William Keller            34:42.60
171.     Jacob Greving            35:19.59
190.     Drew Martin              36:31.06
193.     Matt Richardson        36:53.27