Seena Frantz led the Raiders to the team title at the Hodges Invite.
Raiders Cruise To Hodges Invite Titles
The Southern Oregon women's and men's cross country teams cruised to the team titles at today's Mike Hodges Invitational at Clackamas Community College.
The 13th-ranked SOU women won the team title with 24 points, outdistancing Everett (75), Willamette (79) and Clackamas (108) as well as NCAA Division I Seattle University and NCAA Division II Western Oregon.
The top-ranked SOU men also won the team title with 24 points, besting Western Oregon (40) and Willamette (127).
The story of the day was the dominance of the SOU women.
The Raiders placed six individuals in the top 10 in the race, led by sophomore Seena Frantz.
Frantz finished third overall in a time of 18:16. She was followed by Anya Martinez (fifth, 18:25), Summer Cano (sixth, 18:33), Laurie Stoutenburgh (eighth, 18:39), Tara Krempley (ninth, 18:40) and Kristen Juveland (10th, 18:52).
"It was a special day for the girls," SOU head coach Brent Ericksen said. "They dominated the race. They went out and ran aggressive and it was fun to watch."
David Laney claimed the individual title for the SOU men, winning the four-mile race in 19:31. Zach Elliott finished third in 20:09, followed by James Johnstone (fourth, 20:18), Ryan Sorenson (seventh, 20:22), Josh Seitz (ninth, 20:26), Dennis McCaffrey (10th, 20:28) and Ryan Ghelfi (11th, 20:30).