Adidas Team of the Week Announced
LA GRANDE, Ore. – The Northwest Christian University men’s cross country team has been named the “Adidas Teams of the Week” for Oct. 13-19, the Cascade Collegiate Conference announced Sunday.
In their final tune-up before the CCC Championships, the No. 22 Beacons took home first-place honors in the Lewis & Clark Invitational. Fourteen teams and 152 runners competed. The field was made up of NAIA, NCAA D II and D III schools including CCC sister schools No. 19 Oregon Tech and Concordia which is receiving votes in the national poll.
NCU had all five runners place in the top thirty with a low score of 82 points to win the race. Freshman Garrett Kraal, broke his own NCU freshman record with a time of 25:29 and finished in 4
th place overall.
The Beacons will concentrate on training until the CCC Championships on November 8
th. The event will held in Portland at Fernhill Park.