Adams State, which beat the Mountaineers in regional competition two weeks earlier, matched their Colorado rival by placing three runners among the top 11 scorers, but freshman Iain Donnan and sophomore Cole Murch grabbed 15th and 17th place, respectively, to clinch the 57-point victory for Western State.

The Mountaineers' Kelly Christensen finished second among scorers to help Western State win its Division II-leading seventh overall team championship.

Teammate Oliver Bodor, individual runner-up at last year's championships, finished ninth overall and seventh among scoring runners, and freshman Kim Hogarth placed 11th overall and ninth among scorers, carving out a one-point lead for the Mountaineers before Adams State's third runner crossed the finish line.

The outcome, however, was decided decisively within the next 25 seconds as Donnan and Murch finished far ahead of Adams State's fourth and fifth runners.

The victory is Western State's sixth in seven years, all under coach Duane Vandenbusche.

Cal State Chico finished third, followed by Grand Valley State and Saginaw Valley State in competition hosted by Cal Poly Pomona.

While Western State and Adams State played cat and mouse on the sun-splashed Prado Park course, sophomore Nicodemus Naimadu of Abilene Christian was posting one of the most dominating individual performances in recent memory.

Naimadu, who beat Bodor by one-tenth of a second last year, left no doubt about his developing dominance of distance running in Division II this time, finishing nearly a minute ahead of Christensen.

The victory puts Naimadu in position to become the first three-time individual winner in Division II cross country history, and it is his fifth NCAA individual championship in only 11/2 years, including his indoor and outdoor track victories at 5,000 meters and an outdoor 3,000-meter steeplechase win earlier this year. He also anchored Abilene Christian to a distance medley relay victory at last winter's indoor track championships.

Freshman Jeff Weiss of Slippery Rock posted the best finish by a runner not affiliated with a competing team, finishing third, eight seconds behind Christensen.

Team results

1. Western St., 51; 2. Adams St., 108; 3. Cal St. Chico, 127; 4. Grand Valley St., 131; 5. Saginaw Valley, 218; 6. Colorado Mines, 234; 7. Wayne St. (Mich.), 250; 8. Abilene Christian, 253; 9. Harding, 257; 10. Lock Haven, 272; 11. East Central, 311; 12. Stonehill, 324; 13. Fla. Southern, 334; 14. Cal Poly Pomona, 339; 15. Shippensburg, 356; 16. Southern Ind., 425; 17. Mass.-Lowell, 428; 18. Mars Hill, 434; 19. Edinboro, 460; 20. Alas. Anchorage, 490; 21. Minn. St. Mankato, 509; 22. Central Mo. St., 526; 23. Clayton St., 574; 24. St. Andrews, 694.

Individual results

1. Nicodemus Naimadu, Abilene Christian, 30:13.8; 2. Kelly Christensen, Western St., 31:10.4; 3. Jeff Weiss, Slippery Rock, 31:18.2; 4. Julius Kosgei, Harding, 31:26.3; 5. Mario Macias, Adams St., 31:29.2; 6. Jacob Raines, Adams St., 31:33.6; 7. Tony Turgeon, South Dakota, 31:44.8; 8. Joel Hamilton, Colorado Mines, 31:51.3; 9. Oliver Bodor, Western St., 31:58.1; 10. Mark Batres, Cal Poly Pomona, 31:58.3; 11. Patrick Boivin, Cal St. Chico, 32:03.0; 12. Kim Hogarth, Western St., 32:03.6; 13. Aucencio Martinez, Adams St., 32:04.7; 14. Paul Jozwiak, Saginaw Valley, 32:05.2; 15. Casey Moriarty, Seattle, 32:08.6; 16. Nate Peck, Grand Valley St., 32:10.9; 17. Ryan Agnew, Bentley, 32:23.5; 18. Chris Pabst, Grand Valley St., 32:23.7; 19. Justin Shepherd, Bloomsburg, 32:24.3; 20. Iain Donnan, Western St., 32:26.8.

(For complete individual results, see The NCAA News Online at www.ncaa.org.)

Team results

1. Western St., 51; 2. Adams St., 108; 3. Cal St. Chico, 127; 4. Grand Valley St., 131; 5. Saginaw Valley, 218; 6. Colorado Mines, 234; 7. Wayne St. (Mich.), 250; 8. Abilene Christian, 253; 9. Harding, 257; 10. Lock Haven, 272; 11. East Central, 311; 12. Stonehill, 324; 13. Fla. Southern, 334; 14. Cal Poly Pomona, 339; 15. Shippensburg, 356; 16. Southern Ind., 425; 17. Mass.-Lowell, 428; 18. Mars Hill, 434; 19. Edinboro, 460; 20. Alas. Anchorage, 490; 21. Minn. St. Mankato, 509; 22. Central Mo. St., 526; 23. Clayton St., 574; 24. St. Andrews, 694.

Individual results

1. Nicodemus Naimadu, Abilene Christian, 30:13.8; 2. Kelly Christensen, Western St., 31:10.4; 3. Jeff Weiss, Slippery Rock, 31:18.2; 4. Julius Kosgei, Harding, 31:26.3; 5. Mario Macias, Adams St., 31:29.2; 6. Jacob Raines, Adams St., 31:33.6; 7. Tony Turgeon, South Dakota, 31:44.8; 8. Joel Hamilton, Colorado Mines, 31:51.3; 9. Oliver Bodor, Western St., 31:58.1; 10. Mark Batres, Cal Poly Pomona, 31:58.3.

11. Patrick Boivin, Cal St. Chico, 32:03.0; 12. Kim Hogarth, Western St., 32:03.6; 13. Aucencio Martinez, Adams St., 32:04.7; 14. Paul Jozwiak, Saginaw Valley, 32:05.2; 15. Casey Moriarty, Seattle, 32:08.6; 16. Nate Peck, Grand Valley St., 32:10.9; 17. Ryan Agnew, Bentley, 32:23.5; 18. Chris Pabst, Grand Valley St., 32:23.7; 19. Justin Shepherd, Bloomsburg, 32:24.3; 20. Iain Donnan, Western St., 32:26.8.

21. John Somers, Shippensburg, 32:27.5; 22. Cole Murch, Western St., 32:30.2; 23. Tyler Wetering, South Dakota, 32:30.9; 24. David Metzger, Stonehill, 32:31.9; 25. Artek Kern, Harding, 32:32.7; 26. James Cheruiyot, Harding, 32:32.9; 27. Koby Styles, East Central, 32:35.7; 28. Philip Birgen, Abilene Christian, 32:38.1; 29. Scott Bauhs, Cal St. Chico, 32:39.3; 30. Matt Fecht, Wayne St. (Mich.), 32:40.1.

31. Stephen Hill, Christian Bros., 32:42.2; 32. Andy Tremble, Lewis, 32:43.8; 33. Adam Rich, Western St., 32:46.0; 34. Charlie Serrano, Cal St. Chico, 32:47.5; 35. Darius Shade, Livingstone, 32:55.6; 36. Laurence McDaris, Colorado Mines, 32:56.9; 37. Chris Mehay, Wayne St. (Mich.), 32:59.5; 38. Josh Babiak, San Fran. St., 32:59.8; 39. Kyle Ivie, Cal St. Chico, 33:01.2; 40. Brian Taghon, SIU Edwardsville, 33:01.3.

41. David Tyler, Southern Ind., 33:05.0; 42. Cody Weaver, East Central, 33:05.4; 43. Ryan Holm, Grand Valley St., 33:07.0; 44. Chris Robson, Lock Haven, 33:08.6; 45. Idirse Osman, Adams St., 33:09.9; 46. Robbie Young, Grand Valley St., 33:12.8; 47. David Kiplagat, Alas. Anchorage, 33:20.9; 48. Nic Gatlin, Grand Valley St., 33:21.9; 49. John Butkey, Western St., 33:22.3; 50. Blake Terhune, Grand Valley St., 33:23.8.

51. Rory Kuykendall, Cal St. Chico, 33:24.4; 52. Kevin Christensen, Wayne St. (Mich.), 33:25.6; 53. Antonio Miramontes, Cal St. Chico, 33:27.4; 54. Martin Okello, Abilene Christian, 33:27.8; 55. Ryan Miles, Colorado Mines, 33:31.3; 56. Adam Roach, Saginaw Valley, 33:32.0; 57. Bill Buckenmeyer, Lock Haven, 33:35.5; 58. Greg Schmit, Saginaw Valley, 33:36.5; 59. Chris Hammer, Grand Valley St., 33:36.9; 60. Eddie Venegas, Cal Poly Pomona, 33:38.4.

61. Steve Czymbor, Saginaw Valley, 33:40.8; 62. Serge Gasore, Abilene Christian, 33:41.0; 63. Josh Stewart, East Central, 33:43.7; 64. Jarod Wall, Central Mo. St., 33:44.1; 65. Jesus Solis, Adams St., 33:49.0; 66. Eli Klimek, Truman, 33:50.9; 67. Ryan Coon, Edinboro, 33:52.3; 68. Daniel Amick, Mars Hill, 33:52.9; 69. Eric Walker, Fla. Southern, 33:53.2; 70. Scott Mackley, Fla. Southern, 33:54.6.

71. Tim Cattoggio, Stonehill, 33:56.6; 72. Steve Plouffe, Mass.-Lowell, 33:56.7; 73. Shawn Moore, Lock Haven, 34:00.0; 74. T.J. Smith, Stonehill, 34:02.2; 75. Tyrone Bell, Fla. Southern, 34:02.3; 76. Jerome Recker, Saginaw Valley, 34:03.8; 77. Aaron Benson, Lock Haven, 34:03.9; 78. Abdullah Saleh, Wayne St. (Mich.), 34:08.3; 79. Ryan Althaus, Carson-Newman, 34:09.1; 80. Cory Spidell, Lock Haven, 34:10.6.

81. Brandon Johnson, Saginaw Valley, 34:11.8; 82. Michael Rooney, Colorado Mines, 34:12.3; 83. Daniel Helfrick, Shippensburg, 34:12.6; 84. Jessi Merkel, Minn. St. Mankato, 34:15.7; 85. Patrick Morrasse, Mass.-Lowell, 34:18.2; 86. Reid Ellis, Adams St., 34:19.8; 87. Manuel Aguilar, Clayton St., 34:20.6; 88. Bret Musser, Mo. Southern St., 34:20.6; 89. James Thompson, Mars Hill, 34:20.7; 90. Rex Radloff, Mass.-Lowell, 34:22.4.

91. Lief Thomason, Fla. Southern, 34:25.2; 92. Richard Hanslovan, Shippensburg, 34:25.8; 93. Jimmy Murphy, Fla. Southern, 34:27.8; 94. Gregory Weiss, Shippensburg, 34:29.7; 95. Miguel Cabanas, Cal Poly Pomona, 34:30.6; 96. Aaron Dickson, Alas. Anchorage, 34:36.1; 97. Joe Ryan, Stonehill, 34:38.3; 98. Jason Rengo, Minn. St. Mankato, 34:39.0; 99. Nick Krus, Saginaw Valley, 34:39.2. 100. Tim Sirbek, Southern Ind., 34:44.4.

101. Jon Stoehr, Mars Hill, 34:46.9; 102. Clifton Oertli, Colorado Mines, 34:48.2; 103. Jared Lowry, Edinboro, 34:48.7; 104. Sandy Joseph, East Central, 34:50.2; 105. Lance Jones, Wayne St. (Mich.), 34:55.0; 106. Kip Horbal, Lock Haven, 34:55.4; 107. John Moneyhon, Edinboro, 34:56.1; 108. Isaac Perez, Cal Poly Pomona, 35:00.2; 109. Ruben Sanca, Mass.-Lowell, 35:01.4; 110. Matt Cregger, Harding, 35:02.6.

111. Chris Colesworthy, Central Mo. St., 35:03.0; 112. Dustin Whitlow, Mars Hill, 35:07.1; 113. Paul Jellema, Southern Ind., 35:10.2; 114. Michael Murphy, Fla. Southern, 35:11.6; 115. Drew Dickson, Alas. Anchorage, 35:12.7; 116. Joe Soul, Stonehill, 35:14.3; 117. John Tallerday, Colorado Mines, 35:17.0; 118. Rey Alvarez, Southern Ind., 35:18.5; 119. Josh Myers, Clayton St., 35:18.5; 120. Robert Garwood, Southern Ind., 35:19.5.

121. Kevin Urak, Cal Poly Pomona, 35:19.8; 122. Greg Davis, Lock Haven, 35:22.9; 123. Dan Field, Edinboro, 35:25.1; 124. Derek Yorek, Adams St., 35:25.8; 125. Ryan Inman, Colorado Mines, 35:27.9; 126. Jonathan Hughes, Shippensburg, 35:28.6; 127. Jose Garduno, Clayton St., 35:30.5; 128. Travis Prejean, Edinboro, 35:33.1; 129. Max Collado, C.W. Post, 35:33.6; 130. Dan Ristau, Minn. St. Mankato, 35:36.4.

131. Dustin Fier, Minn. St. Mankato, 35:37.1; 132. John Sutrick, East Central, 35:39.5; 133. David Jaeger, Mars Hill, 35:40.0; 134. Timothy Davidson, Harding, 35:40.8; 135. Chris Miller, St. Andrews, 35:41.2; 136. Joe Mundt, Central Mo. St., 35:45.0; 137. Justin Kessler, Wayne St. (Mich.), 35:45.5; 138. Pat Lehmann, Minn. St. Mankato, 35:46.8; 139. Peter Barriga, Cal Poly Pomona, 35:47.1; 140. Brandon McKinnon, Mass.-Lowell, 35:55.3.

141. Matt Merrigan, Central Mo. St., 35:58.1; 142. Bobby Valadez, Clayton St., 36:00.0; 143. Mitch Cooper, St. Andrews, 36:03.1; 144. Dennis Hill, Central Mo. St., 36:04.8; 145. Dave Lucas, Wayne St. (Mich.), 36:05.8; 146. Jeremy Boehm, Edinboro, 36:10.8; 147. Jeremy Hammer, Central Mo. St., 36:11.8; 148. Robert Hillman, Fla. Southern, 36:14.1; 149. Leif Olson, Alas. Anchorage, 36:14.8; 150. Matthew Werner, Shippensburg, 36:21.7.

151. Andrew Rogers, Abilene Christian, 36:27.3; 152. Mick Boyle, Alas. Anchorage, 36:31.8; 153. James Tawney, Cal Poly Pomona, 36:43.6; 154. Richard Gerry, Stonehill, 36:57.8; 155. Chad Janiszeski, Minn. St. Mankato, 37:04.8; 156. Nick Hankins, Edinboro, 37:19.9; 157. Adam Vick, St. Andrews, 37:30.2; 158. Justin Thomas, Southern Ind., 37:30.6; 159. John Halter, Mars Hill, 37:34.7; 160. Adam Akers, Central Mo. St., 37:39.3.

161. Tyler Wilkinson, Mars Hill, 37:41.1; 162. Matt Appelman, East Central, 37:43.1; 163. Jacob Bussell, East Central, 37:49.1; 164. Michael Padilla, West Fla., 37:53.5; 165. Stephen Lobianco, Shippensburg, 37:56.8; 166. Jordan Conley, Harding, 39:12.7; 167. Tim Bourke, St. Andrews, 39:48.7; 168. Stig Yngve, Alas. Anchorage, 40:06.9; 169. Perry Morris, St. Andrews, 40:22.9; 170. Przemek Bobrowski, Harding, 42:37.3.

171. Billy Joe Brown, Clayton St., 42:56.8; 172. Travis Cansler, St. Andrews, 43:00.6.