KENOSHA, Wis. - Jaime Villa Zapatero finished second individually, leading the Drury men's cross country team to a fourth-place finish in the NCAA-II Midwest Regional held here on Saturday.
Villa Zapatero, in finishing second in the region for the second straight year, finished in 32:29, seven seconds behind winner Tyler Emmorey of team champion Grand Valley State, but also qualified for the NCAA-II Championships for the second straight year. The junior from Madrid, Spain finished 20th at the NCAA meet last year to earn All-America status.
Grand Valley State (38 points), Saginaw Valley State (88) and Southern Indiana (90) finished in the top three and thereby earned slots in the NCAA-II Championships in two weeks in Evansville, Ind. Drury was fourth with 138 points.
Juniors Derek Berry (33:22) and Steven Busch finished 16th and 27th, respectively, for the Panthers.
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