Cushman, Perkinson claim individual titles at Lewis & Clark Invite
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COMPLETE LEWIS & CLARK INVITE RESULTS
ESTACADA –
Connor Cushman and
Jessa Perkinson won individual Lewis & Clark Invite titles on a damp, Raider-dominated morning Saturday at McIver Park.
The third-ranked Southern Oregon men took first of 11 in the team standings and the 15th-ranked Raider women were second of six behind Colorado College. Both Raider teams were competing for the first time in 28 days.
Perkinson, running the 6,000 meters for the last time this year, completed the course in 21 minutes 49 seconds in a field of 72 runners. She cleared second place by a full 23 seconds with a mile pace of 5:51 for her first victory of the season.
The next five Raiders finished well behind Perkinson but within a minute of each other:
Kayle Blackmore was 10th (23:02),
Natalie Berania 16th (23:39),
Ariana Toland 17th (23:40), Braana Weber 18th (23:41) and Marisa D'Orafani 21st (23:00).
In the men's 8K, SOU put all seven in the top 10 and amassed just 22 team points to runner-up Colorado College's 106. Cushman clocked in at 25:28, and
Ray Schireman (25:37) was nine second behind in third place. Next in were
Noah Oberriter (25:41) in fifth,
Matthew Williams (25:51) in sixth,
Ryan Alexander in seventh (25:53) and
Kevin Poteracke (25:56) in 10th.
No other team had more than one runner in the top 10. Lewis & Clark freshman Liam Monheim was runner-up, four seconds behind Cushman.
SOU will be back to action next Saturday in Rocklin, Calif., for William Jessup's Warrior Invitational – the Raiders' final tune-up before the Cascade Conference Championships on Nov. 5.
COMPLETE SOU RESULTS
MEN'S 8K (97 entries)
1.
Connor Cushman, 25:28
3.
Ray Schireman, 25:37
5.
Noah Oberriter, 25:41
6.
Matthew Williams, 25:51
7.
Ryan Alexander, 25:53
10.
Kevin Poteracke, 25:56
14.
Aidan Paulk, 26:15
20.
Caleb Diaz, 26:33
22.
Brandon Kelsey, 26:38
31.
Ben Stevens, 26:58
44.
Mark Sussman, 27:39
51.
Gary Fanelli, 27:57
55.
Christian VanSise
70.
Travis Heitzenrader, 28:56
MEN'S TEAM SCORES – Southern Oregon 22, Colorado College 106, Lewis & Clark 109, Corban 120, Treasure Valley CC 148, Northwest Nazarene 158, Puget Sound 183, Willamette 188, OSU Running Club 207, Rogue CC 208, LCALUM 313.
WOMEN'S 6K (72 entries)
1.
Jessa Perkinson, 21:49
10.
Kayle Blackmore, 23:02
16.
Natalie Berania, 23:39
17.
Ariana Toland, 23:40
18. Braana Weber, 23:41
21.
Marisa D'Orfani, 23:00
28.
Margarita Lauer, 24:19
30.
Aspen Abbott, 24:20
36.
Kimberly Nava, 24:33
38.
Shelby Gorman, 24:39
40.
Jocelyn Schmidt, 24:45
41.
Stephanie Perea, 24:52
42.
Emily Lamb, 24:55
60.
Morgan Pfunder, 26:32
WOMEN'S TEAM SCORES – Colorado College 27, Southern Oregon 59, Northwest Nazarene 85, Corban 118, Lewis & Clark 122, Puget Sound 124.