CORVALLIS, Ore. – The Southern Oregon University men’s cross-country team has been selected as the “Under Armour Team of the Week” for Oct. 18-24 the Cascade Collegiate Conference announced Sunday.
In a stacked field of some of the best teams in the NAIA top 25 poll the SOU harriers captured the team title at the William Jessup (Calif.) Invitational on Saturday. The No. 16 Raiders scored a low 46 points besting No. 6 The Master’s (Calif), No. 9 Oregon Tech, No. 12 The College of Idaho and No. 24 Carroll College.
The Raiders had four placers among the top-11 among a 108-person field. Isaac Fernandez was the runner-up on the 8,000-meter course in 24 minutes 23.5 seconds while teammate Kevin VanDyke was third with a time of 24:26. Alex Harbert-Castro was in seventh place (24:58.4) and Zeke Stelzer was 11th (25:08.6).
Southern Oregon will next be in action on Nov.5 at the Cascade Conference Championships hosted by Oregon Tech at the Running Y Golf Course in Klamath Falls, Ore.
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