ROCKLIN, Calif. – Podium finishes from Nick McMillen and Jonas Hartline propelled the No. 25-ranked Oregon Tech men's cross country team to the championship at the William Jessup Invitational.
COMPLETE RESULTS
Competing on the WJU Campus Course on an unseasonably warm morning, McMillen placed second overall (27:23.60), just ahead of Hartline (27:27.50) on the 8,000-meter course – pacing the Owls to a team score of 30 – just ahead of UC Davis (38). UC Merced finished third (60), with host William Jessup (108) and Cal Maritime (139) rounding out the Top-5.
"Our guys engaged the race really well and attacked the second half just as we wanted to," said head coach
Mike Anderson. "We got a really good race from Toby Ruston and improved our 1-to-5 gap from two weeks ago, but know we need to tighten that gap even more."
Ruston finished sixth overall (28:07.70), with Joseph Wilkinson in ninth (28:47.70) and Tychon Preston in tenth (29:03.60) to complete the OIT scoring runners. Both Thomas Long (29:54.70) and Maxwell Cox (30:18.30) had Top-20 efforts.
The Owls have a quick turnaround, competing next weekend at the Charles Bowles Invitational in Salem.