DONNAY, MATHER EARN ALL-REGION HONORS

Friday, November 15

OSU Cross Country Course, Stillwater, O.K.

12 p.m.

South Dakota State University

NCAA Midwest Regional Championships

BROOKINGS, SD - SEPTEMBER 13: xxxxxxx (Photo by Dave Eggen/Inertia)

Photo by: Dave Eggen/Inertia Sports Media

11/15/2019 2:42:00 PM | Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country

STILLWATER, Okla. – The South Dakota State cross country teams leave this year's regional meet on a high note with two Jackrabbits being named All-Region honorees, as well as the men's team finishing fourth overall at the NCAA Midwest Regional meet— their best regional finish to date.

Anna Donnay finished 10^th overall and first for the Jacks to earn All-Region honors with a time of 20:57.0. Donnay is the third Jack to ever earn the award and her 10^th place finish ties her with Rachel King's 2017 performance for best finish by a Jackrabbit (male or female) at the Midwest Regional.

The women's team finished in 16^th place in the 33-team field with 387 points.

Women's Individual Results:
10. Anna Donnay 20:57.0 (All-Region Honoree)
69. Ellie Friesen 22:10.7
94. Cailee Peterson 22:28.5
104. Kendra Dykstra 22:37.6
117. Leah Hansen 22:50.9
135. Jessica Christoffer 23:03.2
153. Emma Nelson 23:24.2

Women's Team Results:
1. Illinois (108)
2. Tulsa (123)
3. Minnesota (130)
4. Oklahoma State (159)
5. Missouri (172)
6. Iowa State (192)
7. Loyola (Ill.) (237)
8. Wichita State (240)
9. Northern Illinois (277)
10. Iowa (283)
11. North Dakota State (317)
12. Bradley (335)
13. Northwestern (348)
14. South Dakota (355)
15. Nebraska (373)
16. South Dakota State (387)
17. Kansas (443)
18. Eastern Illinois (459)
19. North Dakota (570)
20. Missouri State (602*)
21. Saint Louis (602*)
22. Illinois State (645)
23. Kansas State (674)
24. Omaha (686)
25. Northern Iowa (693)
26. Creighton (714)
27. SE Missouri (717)
28. DePaul (724)
29. Southern Illinois (741)
30. Drake (776)
31. Illinois-Chicago (878)
32. Oklahoma (914)
33. Western Illinois (944)

On the men's side, Micah Mather earned All-Region honors for his 23^rd place finish with a time of 31:31.0, becoming the fifth male Jackrabbit to ever win the award.

The previously No. 8 ranked men's team finished in fourth place out of 27 teams with 166 points to earn their best team finish at NCAA Midwest Regionals to date.

Men's Individual Results:
23. Micah Mather 31:31.0 (All-Region Honoree)
28. Joseph Minor-Williams 31:38.9
32. Chase Cayo 31:44.1
40. Gabe Peters 31:53.2
43. Thomas Breuckman 31:56.0
70. Andrew Rush 32:24.0
106. Lukas Nelson 33:02.6

Men's Team Scoring
1. Tulsa (37)
2. Iowa State (54)
3. Kansas (150)
4. South Dakota State (166)
5. Oklahoma State (166)
6. Minnesota (181)
7. Iowa (184)
8. Nebraska (218)
9. Illinois (270)
10. Missouri (295)
11. Bradley (310)
12. Kansas State (317)
13. Wichita State (352)
14. Drake (365)
15. Loyola (Ill.) (394)
16. Eastern Illinois (421)
17. Northern Iowa (482)
18. Illinois State (529)
19. North Dakota State (537)
20. South Dakota (573)
21. Southern Illinois (603)
22. Saint Louis (610)
23. DePaul (637)
24. Kansas City (675)
25. Illinois-Chicago (685)
26. Creighton (715)
27. SE Missouri (825)

Full results from the day's events can be found here.