MINOT, N.D. - Minot State's Paulette Dominguez continued to add highlights to her fantastic senior season on Saturday.

Already having re-written the NCAA Division II-era school record in the women's 6-kilometer distance for cross country, Dominguez broke her own record at that distance and earned All-NSIC honors with a 15th-place finish at the 2024 NSIC Cross Country Championships hosted by Minot State at the Souris Valley Golf Course on Saturday.

Dominguez clocked a new record time of 21 minutes, 40 seconds to earn 2nd Team All-NSIC honors with her 15th-place finish. She led a strong performance by the Beaver women who finished 7th with 201 points as a team on the day.

The Minot State men were 12th with 338 points as a team at the Championships and were led by senior Grayson Bonilla who ran a career-best men's 8K time of 25:42.9 His time ranks 7th fastest in Minot State's NCAA D-II school history.


The NSIC Championship was the first cross-country meet hosted by Minot State since the 2012 season.

The first of the postseason cross country competitions, the Beavers will be back in action on November 9 racing in Joplin, Missouri at the NCAA Central Region Championship, competing for berths to nationals in California in late November.

Adding to the Minot State women's strong showing with a Top 25 finish was Bailey Wride, who was 24th in 22:04.6, and Sidra Sadowsky added a Top 50 performance as she was 41st in 22:37.2.

Nicole Reeves was next for the Minot State women, finishing 73rd in 23:26.1, and Emery Smith rounded out the team scores finishing 85th in 23:41.4.

On the men's side, the Beavers ran as a strong pack as Yoni Neyshtadt was 87th overall in 26:24.3, Marco Murillo was 91st in 26:27.9, Holter Bridwell was right behind him in 92nd in 26:29.4, and Jake Jenkins finished 94th in 26:30.3 to round out Minot State's scores.

The University of Mary's Alyssa Becker won the women's individual title with a dominant performance as she bested the field by 40 seconds, finishing in 19:51.2.

Augustana won the women's team title with 54 points while Mary was second with 72 points and Winona State third with 75 points.

On the men's side, Augustana swept the titles as Ryan Hartman repeated as the individual NSIC Champion clocking a time of 23:49.4, leading the Vikings to their 15th NSIC title in the last 16 championships as Augustana scored 31 points and Minnesota State Moorhead was second with 70 points.

Also competing for the Beavers on Saturday on the women's side were Afton Wride, who was 99^th in 24:11.1, Julie Folk, who was 101^st in 24:21.5, Baylee Lura, who was 108^th in 24:51.0, Natalie Becker, who was 120^th in 25:48.1, and Addyson Wendt, who was 131^st in 26:37.1.

On the men's side, Nikita Neyshtadt was 108^th for the Beavers in 27:14.5, Peyton Tuhy was 123^rd in 28:24.5, Kaden Vermillion was 127^th in 28:55.9, Isaac Rathbun was 130^th in 29:47.8, Auston Lemer was 132^nd in 29:58.7, and Zander Grover was 133^rd in 31:25.7.