PEORIA, ILL. -- The Drake men's cross country team closed out its season with a 17th-place finish in the NCAA Midwest Regional meet Saturday.  Hosted by Bradley University, the meet was held at the Newman Golf Course in Peoria, Ill.

Freshman Brogan Austin (Boone, Iowa) led the Bulldog contingent by finishing 58th in the 10,000-meter race in 31 minutes 28.29 seconds.

One hundred and seventy-one runners completed the race with Oklahoma State's Colby Lowe winning the individual title in 29:30.70.

Freshman Omet Kak (Des Moines, Iowa), who was Drake's top runner the entire fall, dropped out of the race at the 6,000-meter mark.

Oklahoma edged defending NCAA national champion Oklahoma State, 43-50, to win the team title.

"I was disappointed with our team finish. but we had several solid individual efforts," said Drake cross country coach Dan Hostager. "It was the first 10,000 meter race for four of our runners (Austin, Kak, Ryan Flynn, Doug Brady).

Drake sophomore Colin Hagan (Wichita, Kan.) was 102nd with a time of 32:30.89 followed by freshman Ryan Flynn (Bettendorf, Iowa) who finished 108th in 32:37.20.

Senior Mike Bumgarner (Rosemount, Minn.), running his last cross country race for Drake, finished in 113th place in 32:46.65. Junior Ben Jaskowiak (Madison, Wis.) ran a time of 32:53.34 which was good for 120th. Freshman Doug Brady (Englewood, Colo.) finished in 121st in 32:53.68.

Midwest Regional Cross Country Meet
At Peoria, Ill.
Team Scoring
1. Oklahoma 43; 2. Oklahoma State 50; 3. Minnesota 119; 4. Iowa State 136; 5. Illinois 140; 6. Tulsa 184; 7. Iowa 215; 8. South Dakota State 256; 9. Southern Illinois 266; 10. Nebraska 297; 11. Kansas 299; 12. Illinois-Chicago 436; 13. North Dakota State 438; 14. Loyola-Chicago 443; 15. Southeast Missouri State 445; 16. Illinois State 461; 17. Drake 473; 18. Bradley 521; 20. DePaul 553; 21. Eastern Illinois 566; 22. Kansas State 568; 23. Saint Louis 602; 24. Creighton 663.

Individual winner - 1. Colby Lowe, Oklahoma State 29:30.70.
Drake Results -- 58. Brogan Austin, 31:28.29; 102. Colin Hagan  32:30.89; 108. Ryan Flynn, 32:37.20; 113. Mike Bumgarner, 32:46.65; 120. Ben Jaskowiak, 32:53.34; 121.Doug Brady, 32:53.68.