No. 11-ranked Lewis-Clark State College’s Cole Olsen was named the Embrace Health-Santiam Hospital Men’s Cross Country Runner of the Week, his third honor of the year.
Olsen, a senior from Clearwater, Idaho, has gone 4-for-4 this season in cross country races and has capped off the regular season with a win in the Cascade Conference Championships. HIs time of 24:18 over the 8k course bettered the next closest competitor by 14 seconds. Cole led from start to finish. This is his second individual conference title, winning his first last year in LC State's final year in the Frontier Conference. He led his team to a narrow win over OIT in the team standings.