Team of the Week Announced
LA GRANDE, Ore. –The Southern Oregon University men’s cross country team has been named the “Team of the Week” for September 25-October 1, the Cascade Collegiate Conference announced Sunday.
Competing against all NCAA teams, the No. 1 ranked (NAIA) Raiders finished in sixth place overall in the Sacramento State Capital Cross Challenge. A total of twenty-two men’s teams made up the field.
In the men's 8,000-meter race, Noah Oberriter clocked in at 24:52.2 to place 23rd of 227 total runners to lead SOU. Oberriter was followed by teammates Connor Cushman (25:09.4) and Kevin Poteracke (25:12.0) in 35th and 36
th respectively. Ray Schireman was 52nd in 25:56.6 and SOU's other scorers were Aidan Paulk (26:24.4) in 112th, Alex Harbert (26:38.7) in 133rd, and Caleb Diaz (26:45.0) in 140th.
The defending NAIA National Champions will next be in action October 14 at the Lewis & Clark Invite in Estacada, Ore.