PROVO, Utah.  – The Nevada cross country team finished 10^th in today's NCAA Mountain Regionals. Junior Hiley Dobbs led the way with a 21^st place finish.
 
"We had some great individual performances," said head coach Kirk Elias. "Our depth took its toll as a team, however."
 
Dobbs earned a 21^st place finish in the 136-person race with a time of 20:30, which is just a second slower than her personal best of 20:29. Finishing in second for the Pack was junior Stefanie Ortega, who clocked a time of 21:01, good for 36^th and just eight seconds behind her personal best of 20:53.
 
Lindsey Sickler took 51^st with a time of 21:18, followed by Melendrez with a time of 21:36 to finish 73^rd. The finish shaved 15 seconds off of Melendrez' personal best, and moved her into a tie for 12^th all time at Nevada, and third on the all time freshman list.
 
"She had a fabulous race," Elias said of Melendrez. "She was dialed in."
 
Freshman Tabatha Walford was the last scorer for Nevada, clocking in at 104^th with a time of 22:13. Junior Shannon Palladino finished 121^st with a time of 22:43.
 
The field for next week's NCAA National Championships in Madison, Wisc. will be announced this Saturday.