WAYNE, Neb. --- The South Dakota School of Mines men's cross country team took second place on Friday at the Wayne State Cross Country Classic in Wayne, Nebraska.

The Hardrockers tallied 62 points and came in runners-up to MSU-Moorhead, who finished 1-7 in the individual standings and collected a perfect score of 15. Wayne State was third with 95 points, Bellevue University (Neb.) finished fourth with 98 and Mount Marty College settled for fifth with 129 points.

After MSUM's Top 7 performance, SD Mines' Andrew Ferris posted a time of 27 minutes 17.66 seconds to take eighth place. Sam Elliot was four spots back in 12^th place clocking a 27:41.70 and Monty Christo, III crossed the finish line in 14^th place with a time of 27:52.87.

As for the rest of the running 'Rockers: Grant Bauer secured 16^th place (28:03.38); Brett Flerchinger finished in 18^th place (28:07.56); Lukas Lehmpuhl took 21st (28:20.18); Mark was 37^th (30:14.20); and Isaac Orozco came in 40^th (30:26.12).