David Laney finished second overall and led SOU to the time title at Willamette.
SOU Men First, Women Fourth At Bowles
SALEM, ORE. -- The second-ranked Southern Oregon men's cross country took the team title and the women finished fourth at today's Charles Bowles Invitational at Willamette. The SOU men defeated Victoria 48-105 and was the top Cascade Conference finisher. The 12th-ranked SOU women also finished as the top Cascade Conference team with a fourth place finish.
David Laney was the top finisher for the Raiders with a second place finish in a time of 24:13.10. Zach Elliott finished 13th in 24:38.87, while Ryan Gelfi finished 19th (24:50.11), Ryan Sorenson finished 25th (25:01.45) and Josh Seitz finished 29th in 25:05.13.
For the SOU women, Laurie Stoutenburgh finished 35th in 18:40.16, while Seena Frantz finished 41st (18:47.22), Anya Martinez finished 43rd (18:47.68), Alexandra Rudd finished 52nd (19:03.65) and Tara Krempley finished 56th (19:07.27).
"The men really ran hard and dominated today," SOU head coach Brent Ericksen said. "The women continue to improve and showed today they can run with anyone in our conference."