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SOU men win; Perkinson, Schireman runners-up at Ash Creek
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SOU men win; Perkinson, Schireman runners-up at Ash Creek

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Complete Men's Results
Complete Women's Results

MONMOUTH – Southern Oregon runners Jessa Perkinson and Ray Schireman picked up where they left off last year, and the fourth-ranked Raider men picked up a team title in their first outing of the season Friday evening at Western Oregon's Ash Creek Invitational.

Perkinson was runner-up on the 4,600-meter women's course for 15th-ranked SOU, finishing in 16 minutes 53.8 seconds – exactly one second off the pace of winner Rebecca Bassett, an NCAA Division II All-American for Simon Fraser. The Raider women were third of six teams, finishing behind Simon Fraser and Western Oregon.

The SOU men dominated their nine-team, 6,300-meter affair, accumulating 27 points to second-place Western Oregon's 55. Schireman, last year's Cascade Conference champion, was second in 19:06.8 behind WOU's David Ribich, who came in 13 seconds earlier.

SOU's Dylan Alexander and Connor Cushman both came in at 19:11.8 to take the fourth and fifth spots, and Caleb Diaz was sixth in 19:22. Five more Raiders were among the top-30 in the 108-person field: 14th-place Noah Oberriter (19:51.3), 16th-place Kevin Poteracke (19:57.1), 19th-place Ryan Alexander (20:02.8), 27th-place Matthew Williams (20:23.1) and 28th-place Ben Stevens (20;33.7).

Kayle Blackmore (18:11.6) and Natalie Berania (18:15.9) had strong outings for the Raider women in 11th and 12th of 103. Making their collegiate debuts, freshman Jassmine Reill (18:30) and Ariana Toland (18:32.6) were 18th and 20th. Four more Raiders hit the top-30, finishing within 13 seconds of each other: Bree Weber (18:45.8) in 24th, Kimberly Nava (18:53.7) in 28th, Marisa D'Orfani (18:55.6) in 29th and Aspen Abbott (18:58.2) in 30th.

SOU will return to action next Saturday at University of Washington's Sundodger Invitational.

MEN'S TEAM SCORES – Southern Oregon 27, Western Oregon 55, Simon Fraser 59, Concordia (Ore.) 112, Linfield 158, Lane C.C. 166, Clark C.C. 181, Clackamas C.C. 201, Pacific (Ore.) 262.

WOMEN'S TEAM SCORES – Simon Fraser 30, Western Oregon 57, Southern Oregon 59, Linfield 107, Pacific (Ore.) 135, Concordia (Ore.) 145

COMPLETE SOU RESULTS
MEN (108 total entries)
2. Ray Schireman, 19:06.8
4. Dylan Alexander, 19:11.8
5. Connor Cushman, 19:11.8
6. Caleb Diaz, 19:22.0
14. Noah Oberriter, 19:51.3
16. Kevin Poteracke, 19:57.1
19. Ryan Alexander, 20:02.8
27. Matthew Williams, 20:23.1
28. Ben Stevens, 20:33.7
36. Brandon Kelsey, 20:43.4
37. Aidan Paulk, 20:45.7
46. Christian VanSise, 21:04.1
68. Gary Fanelli, 21:58.7
74. Travis Heitzenrader, 22:16.9

WOMEN (103 total entries)
2. Jessa Perkinson, 16:53.8
11. Kayle Blackmore, 18:11.6
12. Natalie Berania, 18:15.9
18. Jassmine Reill, 18:30.0
20. Ariana Toland, 18:32.6
24. Bree Weber, 18:45.8
28. Kimberly Nava, 18:53.7
29. Marisa D'Orfani, 18:55.6
30. Aspen Abbott, 18:58.2
43. Shelby Gorman, 19:21.0
44. Jocelyn Schmidt, 19:21.8
48. Morgan Pfunder, 19:44.3
50. Emily Lamb, 19:52.6
54. Stephanie Perea, 20:03.3
57. Margarita Lauer, 20:21.2
72. Atalie Frank, 21:28.8
 

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