LA GRANDE, Ore. – Eastern Oregon University hosted the EOU Invitational Friday evening at the La Grande Country Club in La Grande, Ore. The Mountaineers took the win at their only home event of the fall totaling 19 points in the men's 6k run. In second was the College of Idaho with 43 points followed by College of Southern Idaho with 65. Clark College and Walla Walla University rounded out the scoring with 145 and 165 points respectively.
Eastern Oregon University won their second meet in a row thanks to a strong showing at the top of the leaderboards from last week's CCC Runner of the Week, Justin Ash, who finished with a time of 18:24.73. The Mounties took the next two spots as Hunter Nichols (18:46.16) and Winston Telford (18:47.81) finished in second and third. The College of Idaho's Hayden Bostrom finished in fourth as the only non-EOU runner to finish in the top five with a time of 18:51.66. Cristian Mendoza finished fifth in the race to give EOU four of the five top finishes.
The College of Idaho's Braden Heath and Brevin Vaughan took the sixth and seventh spots with times of 18:58.41 and 19:03.44. Eastern Oregon added two more runners in the top 10 as Travis Running finished at No. 8 with a time of 19:05.02 and Jonny Wind in ninth with a time of 19:05.41. Southern Idaho's Cade Smith rounded out the top 10 with a time of 19:10.69.