Adidas Team of the Week Announced
LA GRANDE, Ore. –, The Southern Oregon University men’s cross country team has been named the “Adidas Team of the Week” for September 9-15, the Cascade Collegiate Conference announced Sunday.
The NAIA ‘s second-ranked team had nine of the meet's top 15 runners to collect their first team title of the season at the Western Oregon's Ash Creek Invitational. The Raiders' average time of 19:03 in the 5.9 k was 13 seconds better than second-place host Western Oregon. SOU spent most of the 2012 season ranked No. 1 in the country and placed second overall at the NAIA National Championships.
The Raiders will next compete at the Stanford Invitational, which will be held on Sept. 28 in Palo Alto, Calif.