Sophomore Lucas Frazier finished 39^th overall out of 478 runners Friday evening to lead the Wayne State men's cross country team to a 14^th place finish at the season-opening Augustana Twilight Invitational held at a steamy Yankton Trails Park in Sioux Falls.  WSC had a team score of 490 points as a total of 33 schools competed in the event.
            South Dakota State edged South Dakota for the team title 30-36 with host Augustana coming in third at 99 points.  Minnesota State (121) and Doane (208) rounded out the top five teams.
            Frazier, a sophomore from Beatrice, covered the 5,000-meter course in a time of 15:37.9 followed by junior William Keller who was 82^nd overall in 16:07.3. 
            Freshman Carter Jacobsen and Dayton Graves were the next finishers for the Wildcats as Jacobsen took 136^th overall at 16:30.0 followed by Graves in 243^rd place with a time of 17:11.8.
            Other Wildcat finishers included – Jacob Greving (280^th – 17:23.6), Matt Richardson (308^th – 17:36.6) and Drew Martin (375^th – 18:09.6).
            Wayne State will compete next on Saturday, September 19^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 (5,000-meter course)
 39.       Lucas Frazier                 15:37.9
 82.       William Keller                16:07.3
136.      Carter Jacobsen           16:30.0
243.      Dayton Graves              17:11.8
280.      Jacob Greving               17:23.6
308.      Matt Richardson            17:36.3
375.      Drew Martin                  18:09.6