CEDAR FALLS, IOWA ? The Drake men's cross country team finished fifth in the State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Champion Saturday morning at the Pheasant Ridge Golf Course.

Senior Barry Hill (Caddo Mills, Texas) led the Bulldogs by placing 11th on the 8,000-meter course in 24 minutes 56.89 seconds. Senior Evan Jurkovich (Edina, Minn.) was 21st in a personal best of 25:26.

"I was disappointed with our team's place, but proud of our two seniors," said Drake cross country coach Dan Hostager. "Hill fell down once during the race which probably cost him an opportunity at earning all-conference honors (must have top 10 finish)."

Junior Andrew Shortslef (Janesville, Wis.) was 35th in 26:05, while junior Leyden Tolhurst (Auckland, New Zealand) was 39th in 26:20. Junior Jeff Grassmeyer, a two-time MVC individual track champion, was 41st in 26:21. Freshman Mike Bumgarner (Rosemount, Minn.) was 44th (26:32) and junior Cole Feldman (Carroll, Iowa) was 57th (27:25).

"Grassmeyer gave great effort ,but he just wasn't 100 percent physically," added Hostager. "We hope to improve as a team in regionals."

Southern Illinois defended its men team title with 35 points followed by Illinois State at 52, Indiana State 73, Creighton 137, Drake 147, Wichita State 154, Northern Iowa 157, Bradley 158 and Evansville 223.

2007 State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Meet
Pheasant Ridge Golf Course
Hosted by University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, IA
October 27th, 2007
Men's Race

Place Name Year School 5k Time Pace
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1 Jeff Schirmer So. Southern Illinois 15:35 24:31.47 4:57
2 Mohamed Mohamed Jr. Southern Illinois 15:35 24:33.80 4:57
3 Kevin Doran Jr. Southern Illinois 15:35 24:34.07 4:57
4 Scott Krapf So. Illinois State 15:35 24:40.60 4:58
5 Dorian Ulrey So. Northern Iowa 15:35 24:43.63 4:59
6 Jordan Anderson So. Illinois State 15:35 24:46.68 5:00
7 Scott Keeney So. Indiana State 15:35 24:50.00 5:00
8 Mike Richardson Jr. Illinois State 15:35 24:51.22 5:00
9 Randy Placenia So. Indiana State 15:35 24:51.78 5:01
10 John Krumsee Sr. Creighton 15:35 24:52.40 5:01
11 Barry Hill Sr. Drake 15:37 24:56.89 5:02
12 Matt Mroczynski Fr. Illinois State 15:35 24:58.78 5:02
13 Jason Ordway So. Southern Illinois 15:35 25:00.43 5:02
14 Eric Schulz So. Indiana State 15:39 25:09.87 5:04
15 Peter Cole Sr. Creighton 15:35 25:15.24 5:05
16 Kyle Kirchner Fr. Southern Illinois 15:39 25:15.57 5:05
17 Chris George Sr. Bradley 15:40 25:20.66 5:06
18 Scott Reed Jr. Wichita State 15:39 25:20.94 5:06
19 Michael Disher Fr. Indiana State 15:48 25:24.97 5:07
20 Greg Pulscher So. Evansville 15:45 25:25.01 5:07
21 Evan Jurkovich Jr. Drake 15:48 25:25.57 5:07
22 Luke Ryan Fr. Illinois State 15:52 25:28.53 5:08
23 Chris Lawson Sr. Northern Iowa 15:47 25:29.83 5:08
24 Tony McDaniel Sr. Indiana State 15:48 25:31.28 5:09
25 Nick Nowak Jr. Wichita State 15:48 25:31.53 5:09
26 David Santelik Sr. Indiana State 15:43 25:32.35 5:09
27 Mark Bowman Jr. Southern Illinois 15:48 25:32.92 5:09
28 Daniel Dunbar Fr. Southern Illinois 15:48 25:35.09 5:09
29 Nathan Leech Sr. Bradley 16:03 25:43.53 5:11
30 Michael Pandolfo Fr. Creighton 15:52 25:44.76 5:11
31 Greg McBride So. Southern Illinois 15:49 25:49.89 5:12
32 Mike Clancy Sr. Northern Iowa 16:03 25:53.81 5:13
33 Brian Werner Sr. Creighton 16:00 25:58.29 5:14
34 Nathan Ahart Jr. Bradley 16:07 26:01.47 5:15
35 Girts Azis Sr. Wichita State 16:12 26:02.84 5:15
36 Andrew Shortslef Jr. Drake 16:22 26:04.14 5:15
37 Andrew Wieser Fr. Bradley 16:14 26:08.29 5:16
38 Tad Eisenhauer Fr. Wichita State 16:04 26:09.30 5:16
39 Jon Roberts Fr. Illinois State 16:07 26:18.59 5:18
40 Leyden Tolhurst Jr. Drake 15:51 26:19.39 5:18
41 Hector Castaneda Sr. Wichita State 16:25 26:19.93 5:18
42 Jeff Grassmeyer Jr. Drake 15:54 26:21.00 5:19
43 Scott Koressel So. Indiana State 16:20 26:23.75 5:19
44 Jared Messman So. Indiana State 16:31 26:25.49 5:19
45 Pat Greene Jr. Bradley 16:32 26:29.30 5:20
46 Mike Bumgarner Fr. Drake 16:24 26:31.28 5:21
47 Andy Schon Sr. Northern Iowa 16:31 26:42.55 5:23
48 Nick Palumbo Sr. Bradley 16:23 26:48.30 5:24
49 Robert Barkulis So. Illinois State 16:37 26:48.51 5:24
50 John Navarro Fr Illinois State 16:40 26:51.31 5:25
51 Ethan Merkel So. Evansville 16:50 26:52.60 5:25
52 Ryan Witters Fr. Evansville 16:38 26:57.48 5:26
53 Andrew Dryden Fr. Creighton 16:32 27:03.42 5:27
54 Kyle Berens Sr Creighton 16:42 27:05.75 5:28
55 Brian Denny Fr. Evansville 16:51 27:09.91 5:28
56 Kevin Morgan Fr. Northern Iowa 16:45 27:10.47 5:28
57 Brian Joyce So. Evansville 16:46 27:11.54 5:29
58 Jared Dittman Fr Creighton 16:49 27:22.25 5:31
59 Nick Garcia Jr. Wichita State 17:03 27:23.82 5:31
60 Cole Feldman Jr. Drake 17:01 27:24.74 5:31
61 Evan Wood So. Drake 17:05 27:34.25 5:33
62 Steven Matthews So. Evansville 17:09 27:47.78 5:36
63 Corbin Miller Fr. Northern Iowa 17:13 27:50.02 5:36
64 Adam Gilbert Fr. Evansville 17:14 27:51.25 5:37
65 Andrew Kunz Jr. Evansville 17:40 27:56.99 5:38
66 Samuel Chege Jr. Wichita State 16:25 28:02.82 5:39
67 Brian Tyne Fr. Bradley 17:23 28:30.20 5:45
68 Brandon Haist Fr. Wichita State 17:27 28:50.09 5:49
69 Liam Dawson Fr. Creighton 17:58 29:01.03 5:51
70 Drew Cisel Sr. Bradley 29:36.73 5:58

Timing & Results by PrimeTime Race & Event Management, LLC. www.pttiming.com

2007 State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Meet
Pheasant Ridge Golf Course
Hosted by University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, IA
October 27th, 2007
========== MENS TEAM SCORE ==========

1. 35 Southern Illinois ( 24:48 2:03:58)
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1 1 Jeff Schirmer So. 24:32
2 2 Mohamed Mohamed Jr. 24:34
3 3 Kevin Doran Jr. 24:35
4 13 Jason Ordway So. 25:01
5 16 Kyle Kirchner Fr. 25:16
6 ( 27) Mark Bowman Jr. 25:33
7 ( 28) Daniel Dunbar Fr. 25:36

2. 52 Illinois State ( 24:58 2:04:48)
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1 4 Scott Krapf So. 24:41
2 6 Jordan Anderson So. 24:47
3 8 Mike Richardson Jr. 24:52
4 12 Matt Mroczynski Fr. 24:59
5 22 Luke Ryan Fr. 25:29
6 ( 38) Jon Roberts Fr. 26:19
7 ( 47) Robert Barkulis So. 26:49

3. 73 Indiana State ( 25:10 2:05:49)
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1 7 Scott Keeney So. 24:50
2 9 Randy Placenia So. 24:52
3 14 Eric Schulz So. 25:10
4 19 Michael Disher Fr. 25:25
5 24 Tony McDaniel Sr. 25:32
6 ( 26) David Santelik Sr. 25:33
7 ( 42) Scott Koressel So. 26:24

4. 137 Creighton ( 25:48 2:08:57)
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1 10 John Krumsee Sr. 24:53
2 15 Peter Cole Sr. 25:16
3 30 Michael Pandolfo Fr. 25:45
4 32 Brian Werner Sr. 25:59
5 50 Andrew Dryden Fr. 27:04
6 ( 51) Kyle Berens Sr 27:06
7 ( 55) Jared Dittman Fr 27:23

5. 147 Drake ( 25:50 2:09:09)
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1 11 Barry Hill Sr. 24:57
2 21 Evan Jurkovich Jr. 25:26
3 35 Andrew Shortslef Jr. 26:05
4 39 Leyden Tolhurst Jr. 26:20
5 41 Jeff Grassmeyer Jr. 26:21
6 ( 44) Mike Bumgarner Fr. 26:32
7 ( 57) Cole Feldman Jr. 27:25

6. 154 Wichita State ( 25:54 2:09:26)
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1 18 Scott Reed Jr. 25:21
2 25 Nick Nowak Jr. 25:32
3 34 Girts Azis Sr. 26:03
4 37 Tad Eisenhauer Fr. 26:10
5 40 Hector Castaneda Sr. 26:20
6 ( 56) Nick Garcia Jr. 27:24
7 ( 61) Samuel Chege Jr. 28:03

7. 157 Northern Iowa ( 26:01 2:10:02)
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1 5 Dorian Ulrey So. 24:44
2 23 Chris Lawson Sr. 25:30
3 31 Mike Clancy Sr. 25:54
4 45 Andy Schon Sr. 26:43
5 53 Kevin Morgan Fr. 27:11
6 ( 59) Corbin Miller Fr. 27:51

8. 158 Bradley ( 25:58 2:09:46)
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1 17 Chris George Sr. 25:21
2 29 Nathan Leech Sr. 25:44
3 33 Nathan Ahart Jr. 26:02
4 36 Andrew Wieser Fr. 26:09
5 43 Pat Greene Jr. 26:30
6 ( 46) Nick Palumbo Sr. 26:49
7 ( 62) Brian Tyne Fr. 28:31

9. 223 Evansville ( 26:44 2:13:39)
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1 20 Greg Pulscher So. 25:26
2 48 Ethan Merkel So. 26:53
3 49 Ryan Witters Fr. 26:58
4 52 Brian Denny Fr. 27:10
5 54 Brian Joyce So. 27:12
6 ( 58) Steven Matthews So. 27:48
7 ( 60) Adam Gilbert Fr. 27:52