Augustana - Beniak Win NCAA Central Region CC Championship

11/3/2012 12:57:50 PM

Joplin, Mo. - The Viking men, ranked fifth in the country, finished with 31 team points to with the NCAA DII Cross Country Regional Championship and qualify for the national tournament on Nov. 17 in Joplin, Mo.  Minnesota State finished in third place with 108 points and will join the Vikings at the national championships. Sioux Falls' Billy Brockmueller claimed ninth overallto qualify for Nationals as an individual runner.

Travis Beniak was the men's individual champion finishing with a time of 29:57. The Viking have five runners finish in the top 11 of the men's 10,000-meter run. Adam Braun finished second with a time of 30:10. Paul Yak delivered a seventh-place finish crossing the line in 30:33.

Paced by the sixth-place finish by sophomore Josiah Swanson, Minnesota State earned a third-place finish . Swanson, a Fond du Lac, Wis., native, turned in a team-best time of 30:30.9 on the 10K course on the campus of Missouri Southern State University in finishing sixth. Senior Garrett Eklof was 15th at 30:47.9, junior Josh Mellman was 23rd at 30:59.7, junior Devin Allbaugh finished 28th overall at 31:04.3, junior Jacob Ball was 42nd at 31:28. 3, senior Jacob Bastyr finished in 62nd-place with a time of 31:57.9 and sophomore Matthew Stocker was 64th with a 31:59.8 clocking.

The top four men's teams, including the top three individuals that are not a part of a qualifying team qualified for the national tournament.
 
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Place Team Points Avg Time R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7
1 Augustana (S.D.) 31 30:23.4 1 2 7 10 11 (17) (36)
2 Missouri Southern 98 30:53.7 5 13 18 24 38 (92) (136)
3 Minnesota State 108 30:58.2 6 15 21 26 40 (60) (62)
4 Southwest Baptist 116 31:00.6 4 8 20 39 45 (54) (58)
5 Fort Hays St. 150 31:12.0 3 16 33 42 56 (74) (76)
6 Sioux Falls 152 31:12.9 9 28 30 34 51 (118) (145)
7 NW Missouri 234 31:37.7 19 48 49 52 66 (93) (100)
8 Nebraska-Kearney 238 31:38.2 25 29 55 64 65 (67) (75)
9 Central Missouri 240 31:40.0 12 35 50 53 90 (108) (112)
10 Pittsburg St. 303 32:00.7 23 43 63 77 97 (99) (105)
11 East Central 304 32:02.1 22 46 61 84 91 (95) (109)
12 Minnesota-Duluth 315 32:05.3 32 41 68 85 89 (101) (141)
13 MSU-Moorhead 322 32:06.9 27 47 72 73 103 (125) (131)
14 Harding 323 32:05.2 37 59 69 78 80 (124) (140)
15 U-Mary 340 32:13.9 31 44 71 81 113 (122) (149)
16 Winona State 444 32:48.4 57 86 87 104 110 (134)
17 South Dakota Mines 498 33:07.4 83 96 102 106 111 (120) (121)
18 Southern Arkansas 513 33:23.6 14 114 123 127 135 (137) (146)
19 Truman State 513 33:25.0 79 82 98 107 147 (148) (150)
20 Northern State 539 33:30.0 70 88 119 129 133
21 Minot State 599 33:53.6 94 115 128 130 132 (142) (144)
22 Concordia-St. Paul 662 34:38.2 116 126 138 139 143 (154) (155)
23 Wayne St. (Neb.) 729 36:12.4 117 151 152 153 156
 
Place Athlete Name Yr School Time Pts
1 Travis Beniak JR Augustana (S.D.) 29:57.3 1
2 Adam Braun SO Augustana (S.D.) 30:10.5 2
3 Cory Keehn SO Fort Hays St. 30:22.8 3
4 Phillip Miller SR Southwest Baptist 30:24.0 4
5 Eric Schott SO Missouri Southern 30:27.3 5
6 Josiah Swanson SO Minnesota State 30:30.9 6
7 Paul Yak JR Augustana (S.D.) 30:33.8 7
8 Trenton Morris SO Southwest Baptist 30:34.6 8
9 Billy Brockmueller SO Sioux Falls 30:35.3 9
10 Nathan Hauge FR Augustana (S.D.) 30:35.7 10
11 Harald Karbo FR Augustana (S.D.) 30:39.5 11
12 Tyler Stuber JR Central Missouri 30:39.9 12
13 Jacob Benton JR Missouri Southern 30:43.1 13
14 Mickey Hammer SR Southern Arkansas 30:47.3 14
15 Garrett Eklof SR Minnesota State 30:47.9 15
16 Gemechu Bekelcho SO St. Cloud State 30:50.5
17 Alex Hendee SR Fort Hays St. 30:50.7 16
18 TJ Gleason SO Augustana (S.D.) 30:50.9 17
19 Adrian Todd SO Missouri Southern 30:52.2 18
20 Ryan Darling SR NW Missouri 30:54.0 19
21 Mahdi Koliso FR St. Cloud State 30:56.6
22 Cody Smith SO Southwest Baptist 30:58.8 20
23 Joshua Mellman JR Minnesota State 30:59.7 21
24 Cale Eidson JR East Central 31:00.4 22
25 Devon Young FR Pittsburg St. 31:00.8 23
26 Andrew Webster SO Missouri Southern 31:01.1 24
27 Kevin Carder JR Nebraska-Kearney 31:03.8 25
28 Devin Allbaugh JR Minnesota State 31:04.3 26
29 Clayton Foster SR MSU-Moorhead 31:08.0 27
30 Matt Horan FR Sioux Falls 31:10.5 28
31 Bryan Hill SO Nebraska-Kearney 31:11.2 29
32 Ethan Tabbert FR Sioux Falls 31:13.7 30
33 Jesse Bennett JR U-Mary 31:16.3 31
34 Dan Nielsen SO Minnesota-Duluth 31:16.2 32
35 Tanner Christensen SR Fort Hays St. 31:19.3 33
36 Bobby Brockmueller SO Sioux Falls 31:20.7 34
37 Adam Tredway SO Central Missouri 31:20.9 35
38 Ryan Evans SR Augustana (S.D.) 31:21.2 36
39 Lajos Farkas SO Harding 31:23.8 37
40 Colton Wooldridge SO Missouri Southern 31:25.0 38
41 Derek Lee JR Southwest Baptist 31:27.1 39
42 Jacob Ball JR Minnesota State 31:28.3 40
43 Ryan Eason SR Minnesota-Duluth 31:32.9 41
44 Chris Ramsgard JR Fort Hays St. 31:34.0 42
45 Ethan Silovsky JR Pittsburg St. 31:35.9 43
46 Shaun Henderson JR U-Mary 31:36.6 44
47 Luke Karamitros SO Southwest Baptist 31:38.6 45
48 Austin Christian SR East Central 31:39.8 46
49 Cody Christ FR MSU-Moorhead 31:40.5 47
50 Jared Walker SR NW Missouri 31:41.3 48
51 Drew Keefer SO NW Missouri 31:42.7 49
52 Bryson Jarman SR Central Missouri 31:43.8 50
53 Jared Noyes SO Sioux Falls 31:44.3 51
54 Jake Henry SR NW Missouri 31:45.7 52
55 Ben Barrows JR Central Missouri 31:48.1 53
56 Drew Cargill FR Southwest Baptist 31:49.6 54
57 Nick Knudson JR Nebraska-Kearney 31:51.3 55
58 MIchael Wolf JR Fort Hays St. 31:53.4 56
59 Billy Eifert SO Winona State 31:53.9 57
60 Josh Inman JR Southwest Baptist 31:56.1 58
61 Matthew Cumpian JR Harding 31:57.1 59
62 Jacob Bastyr SR Minnesota State 31:57.9 60
63 Arturo Nava FR East Central 31:59.2 61
64 Matthew Stocker SO Minnesota State 31:59.8 62
65 Austin Bogina FR Pittsburg St. 32:00.6 63
66 Joe Coil JR Nebraska-Kearney 32:01.6 64
67 Paul Pape JR Nebraska-Kearney 32:02.9 65
68 Nolan Zimmer FR NW Missouri 32:04.9 66
69 Cole Wellnitz FR Nebraska-Kearney 32:04.9 67
70 Cole Toepfer SR Minnesota-Duluth 32:08.6 68
71 Taylor Lively JR Harding 32:09.9 69
72 Jayce Seelig SR Northern State 32:11.7 70
73 Taylor Thompson JR U-Mary 32:14.0 71
74 Jason Dowell SO MSU-Moorhead 32:14.5 72
75 Spencer Ruebke JR MSU-Moorhead 32:20.2 73
76 Nathan Purdue SO Fort Hays St. 32:20.4 74
77 Colten Venteicher SR Nebraska-Kearney 32:20.6 75
78 Jonny Bernasky SO Fort Hays St. 32:21.1 76
79 Talon Thompson SO Pittsburg St. 32:22.1 77
80 Logan Green SO Harding 32:24.0 78
81 Brad Hart SO Truman State 32:28.5 79
82 Andrew Evans JR Harding 32:31.2 80
83 Chris Jessop FR U-Mary 32:31.9 81
84 Andrew Sheets JR Truman State 32:34.3 82
85 Brett Bilitz SO South Dakota Mines 32:41.2 83
86 Jonathan Ogan FR East Central 32:41.3 84
87 Jason Coffin SR Minnesota-Duluth 32:41.9 85
88 Nick Couillard FR Winona State 32:45.4 86
89 David Lund SO Winona State 32:46.5 87
90 Jacob Arechigo JR Northern State 32:46.7 88
91 Aaron Handorff JR Minnesota-Duluth 32:47.0 89
92 Cameron Bogue SO Central Missouri 32:47.4 90
93 Jason Ogan JR East Central 32:49.8 91
94 Ryan Jackson FR Missouri Southern 32:57.6 92
95 Ryan Cox FR NW Missouri 32:58.5 93
96 Brandon Velasquez SR Minot State 32:58.6 94
97 Taylor Nasu SO East Central 32:58.8 95
98 Travis Buse SO South Dakota Mines 33:01.6 96
99 Chris Wise FR Pittsburg St. 33:04.2 97
100 Chad Petrofsky JR Truman State 33:04.6 98
101 Connor Stark FR Pittsburg St. 33:07.4 99
102 Kit Anderson SO NW Missouri 33:08.9 100
103 Mitch Fisher FR Minnesota-Duluth 33:09.4 101
104 Robert Frick SO South Dakota Mines 33:10.9 102
105 Kevin Huot SR MSU-Moorhead 33:11.1 103
106 Shane Carlson FR Winona State 33:12.2 104
107 Chris Musgrove JR Pittsburg St. 33:15.7 105
108 Cole Jolovich SO South Dakota Mines 33:16.3 106
109 Jared Hicks SR St. Cloud State 33:16.5
110 Patrick Fink JR Truman State 33:16.8 107
111 Riley Wattier FR Central Missouri 33:21.0 108
112 Hunter Henrie SR East Central 33:23.7 109
113 Clay Scott JR Winona State 33:23.8 110
114 Thomas Everett SR South Dakota Mines 33:26.8 111
115 Austin Gott SO Central Missouri 33:27.0 112
116 Alex Huizenga SO U-Mary 33:30.7 113
117 Daniel Rodriguez SO Southern Arkansas 33:32.7 114
118 Clay Armstrong SO Minot State 33:35.4 115
119 Josh Smith FR Concordia-St. Paul 33:35.5 116
120 Greg Tracy JR Wayne St. (Neb.) 33:39.3 117
121 Austin Hogie FR Sioux Falls 33:45.3 118
122 Hunter Kopff SO Northern State 33:47.3 119
123 Erich Hahn FR South Dakota Mines 33:47.9 120
124 Justin Slattery FR South Dakota Mines 33:48.4 121
125 Carter Montgomery FR U-Mary 33:49.3 122
126 Samuel Grinnan SO Southern Arkansas 33:50.6 123
127 Zach Uhiren SO Harding 33:51.9 124
128 Tyler Hennen FR MSU-Moorhead 33:56.9 125
129 Nicholas Cass SO Concordia-St. Paul 34:05.7 126
130 Trevaill Chacon JR Southern Arkansas 34:06.8 127
131 Ryan Perry SR Minot State 34:11.0 128
132 Mark Gilkerson JR Northern State 34:14.9 129
133 Brett Szafarski JR Minot State 34:16.0 130
134 Alex Solheim FR SW Minnesota St. 34:20.1
135 Dan Sederquist JR MSU-Moorhead 34:22.3 131
136 Alex Buchholz FR Minot State 34:27.2 132
137 Brandon Krein JR Northern State 34:29.2 133
138 Alex Buss FR Winona State 34:37.0 134
139 Alex Hutto SO Southern Arkansas 34:40.6 135
140 Nick Niggemann JR Missouri Southern 34:46.3 136
141 Daniel Pevril SO Southern Arkansas 34:50.3 137
142 Sam Anderson FR Concordia-St. Paul 35:00.9 138
143 Nic Rudolph SO Concordia-St. Paul 35:08.5 139
144 Milosz Golik FR Harding 35:15.8 140
145 Tyler Stevens JR Minnesota-Duluth 35:16.9 141
146 Max Boeckel JR Minot State 35:19.0 142
147 Andrew Gilhart SO Concordia-St. Paul 35:20.4 143
148 Joel Cartwright FR Minot State 35:25.2 144
149 David Schoenfish FR Sioux Falls 35:25.9 145
150 Kirby Shepherd SO Southern Arkansas 35:37.1 146
151 Christopher Floyd SO Truman State 35:40.9 147
152 Alex Volstromer JR Truman State 35:46.6 148
153 Bridger Belzer FR U-Mary 35:50.8 149
154 Eric Volstromer SO Truman State 35:57.6 150
155 Nathan Boggess JR Wayne St. (Neb.) 35:59.9 151
156 Misael Azpeitia FR Wayne St. (Neb.) 36:02.5 152
157 Jared Balady SO Wayne St. (Neb.) 36:27.4 153
158 Jack Derham FR SW Minnesota St. 36:38.8
159 Alec Trelstad FR Concordia-St. Paul 36:44.3 154
160 Demond Carter FR SW Minnesota St. 36:47.3
161 Andrew Feucht FR SW Minnesota St. 38:19.4
162 Jonathan Erber JR Concordia-St. Paul 38:33.7 155
163 Jared Meister FR Wayne St. (Neb.) 38:53.0 156