The Wayne State College men's cross country team finished 11
th out of 25 teams with a team score of 340 Friday evening at the season-opening Augustana Twilight Invitational held in Sioux Falls at Yankton Trails Park.
South Dakota State was the men's team champion with a perfect team score of 15 followed by Augustana in second at 63. Minnesota State was third at 108 with Concordia (Neb.) at 168 and Doane with 177 points filling out the top five teams.
Wayne State's top four runners were within eight seconds of each other as junior
Brady Franzen was the first Wildcat to cross the finish line on the four-mile course with a time of 20:24.95 to finish 92
nd out of a field of 394 runners. Right behind was senior
Brody Lucas in 94
th place at 20:27.97. Beatrice freshman
Lucas Frazier followed in 100
th place at 20:31.82 with sophomore
William Keller in 101
st place overall with a time of 20:32.37.
Baxter, Iowa freshman
Matt Richardson took 161
st overall in 21:05.45 with sophomore
Ethan Walters in 173
rd place with a time of 21:13.27.
Other Wildcat finishers included – Drew Martin (204
th – 21:34.53),
Keaton Bowker (239
th – 21:58.00),
Gannon Walsh (241
st – 21:58.41),
Andrew Wyllie (247
th – 22:00.87) and
Akron Jostand (310
th – 22:54.86).
Wayne State will compete next on Saturday, September 20
th when the Wildcats travel to Lincoln for the UNL/Woody Greeno Invitational.
Wayne State men's finishers at Augustana Twilight Invitational
Yankton Trails Park – Sioux Falls, South Dakota (4-mile course)
92.
Brady Franzen 20:24.95
94.
Brody Lucas 20:27.97
100.
Lucas Frazier 20:31.82
101.
William Keller 20:32.37
161.
Matt Richardson 21:05.45
173.
Ethan Walters 21:13.27
204. Drew Martin 21:34.53
239.
Keaton Bowker 21:58.00
241.
Gannon Walsh 21:58.41
247.
Andrew Wyllie 22:00.87
310.
Akron Jostand 22:54.56
