TACOMA, Wash. – Both of Black Hills State's cross country teams competed at the NCAA Division II Pre-National tournament on Saturday morning.
 
The men held a ninth place overall finish out of the 27-team field. Tim Brown (24:36.30) led the Yellow Jackets squad with a 24^th place individual finish, with his time good for a new personal best 8K mark.
 
Keith Osowski (25:13.00), Lincoln Fleischman (25:13.70), and Matt Parker (25:16.30) all finished in a pack for 58^th, 61^st, and 66^th, respectively. Fleischman's run crushed his previous best 8K time by over two minutes, while Matt Parker's run also outperformed his personal best 8K time from last year, which he recorded at the RMAC Cross Country Championships (that time was 25:50.60).
 
Britton Elkin (25:39.30) finished in 91^st, Hayden Grosz (26:06.90) finished in 115^th, and Mason Swingholm (26:27.00) placed in 138^th. Grosz's time was yet another career high mark conquered for the Yellow Jackets, beating his 2021 Roy Griak Invitational time by a near minute and a half.
 
Justyn France was the final Yellow Jacket to cross the finish line, clocking out at 151^st (26:47.00) that, once again, made for a new personal best time recorded for the Yellow Jackets. In total, 223 runners competed in the DII Men's 8K, making up 29 teams that competed in Tacoma.
 
On the women's side of the competition, Sylvia Brown (21:35.80) led the Yellow Jacket ladies with a 17^th place finish in the 6K race, with Xiomara Robinson (22:04.90) completing the race in 35^th. Katie Turpin (23:55.80) finished 133^rd, and Evie Boyd (26:20.80) rounded out the BHSU ladies in 202^nd.
 
Brown bested her time from her RMAC Championships run last year, where she timed out at 22:53.30. For the women's DII 6K, 236 runners made up the 30 teams racing in the event.
 
Up Next
The Yellow Jackets, in conclusion of their regular season, head to Durango, Colorado on Nov. 5 for the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Cross Country Championships.