Lee DeKrey

Patrick Mahoney

WAYNE, Neb. – UND senior Lee DeKrey (Grand Forks, N.D.) finished 22^nd overall today at the NCAA North Central Regional Cross Country Meet to lead the Sioux men a 10^th-place finish out of 20 teams.

DeKrey ran the 10k course in a time of 32:15.4, the fifth-best time out of all North Central Conference runners at the meet.

UND's 10^th-place team finish was an improvement of sixth spots from the 2005 NCAA region meet, in which the Sioux finished 16^th.

North Dakota Finishers
22. Lee DeKrey, 32:15
55. Patrick Mahoney, 33:43
68. Kyle Downs, 34:06
76. Kyle Rosseau, 34:17
80. Jeremy Jones, 34:42
82. Nathan Nordlund, 34:45
89. Richie Spitsberg, 35:08

Team Finishes
1. Adams State, 26 (NCAA qualifier)
2. Western State, 55 (NCAA qualifier)
3. Colorado School of Mines, 71 (NCAA qualifier)
4. Minnesota State, 138 (NCAA qualifier)
5. Augustana, 193 (NCAA qualifier)
6. Metropolitan State, 205
7. Minnesota Duluth, 220
8. Colorado-Colorado Springs, 229
9. New Mexico Highlands, 280
10. North Dakota, 301
11. South Dakota, 321
12. Fort Lewis, 323
13. Nebraska-Kearney, 348
14. Minnesota State-Moorhead, 377
15. Northern State, 409
16. Regis, 444
17. Wayne State, 495
18. Concordia-St. Paul, 512
19. Winona State, 577
20. St. Cloud State, 610

Contact: Dan Benson