Junior Brady Franzen was the top Wayne State runner Saturday morning at the UNL Greeno/Dirksen Invitational held at Mahoney Park Golf Course in Lincoln.  As a team, the Wildcats finished 17th out of 23 team scores at 502 points.
            Wichita State was the team champion at 35 with Missouri second with 49 points.  Air Force (53), Nebraska-Kearney (154) and Northwest Missouri State (182) closed out the team standings.
            Franzen, a graduate of Lincoln Lutheran HS, was the first Wildcat runner to cross the line on the 8,000-meter course with a time of 26:27.6.  Senior Brody Lucas was next in 114th place out of a field of 316 runners at 26:49.0 with freshman Lucas Frazier right behind in 115th place with a time of 26:49.2
            Sophomore Ethan Walters took 189th place at 28:04.8 with sophomore William Keller 200th at 28:22.5.
            Other Wildcat finishers were Matt Richarson (216th – 28:40.5), Keaton Bowker (233rd – 28:56.8), Gannon Walsh (237th – 29:03.2), Jacob Greving (249th – 29:29.5), Akron Jostand (30:02.8) and Drew Martin (267th – 30:07.9).
            Wayne State will host the Wildcat Classic on Friday afternoon at the Wayne Country starting with the women's race at 4 p.m. and the men's race at 4:45 p.m.
 
Wayne State men's finishers at UNL Greeno/Dirksen Invite
Mahoney Park Golf Course – Lincoln, Nebraska (8,000 meters)
 97.       Brady Franzen               26:27.6
114.      Brody Lucas                  26:49.0
115.      Lucas Frazier                 26:49.2
189.      Ethan Walters               28:04.8
200.      William Keller                28:22.5
216.      Matt Richardson            28:40.5
233.      Keaton Bowker              28:56.8
237.      Gannon Walsh              29:03.2
249.      Jacob Greving               29:29.5
264.      Akron Jostand              30:02.8
267.      Drew Martin                  30:07.9