EUGENE, Ore. – The Bushnell University cross country teams were able to have some practical training on Saturday, competing against one another in a Blue vs. Gold scrimmage, taking place at Alton Baker Park. The women ran a 3000m course while the men competed in a 5000m run.
 
Second-year head coach Tom Boldon was thrilled to have a chance to get out onto a competitive course for the first time this year. "I think this was a good start to the season," he said. "Just getting to finally race is a blessing. I thought several of our kids ran fairly strong for still being early in our training. They knocked a little rust off and now we have a couple of weeks to prepare for our first collegiate competition of the season."
 
Combining scores between the men and women, the blue and gold squads came out in a dead heat, 36-36.
 
Junior Tea Chatelain, won the women's race with a time of 11:34.14, leading a Gold team that included five women and three men. Senior Jacob Truitt was victorious in the men's race at 16:49.99 and led the Blue team, which featured five men and three women.
 
The second woman to cross the finish line was sophomore Rebecca Kuskie (11:46.16) followed by sophomore Anekah McCall (12:43.97) and freshman Kaitlin Cook (12:50.05).
 
Also running for the ladies were freshman Kennedy Larson (13:03.61), freshman Skye Urban (13:11.10), junior Jasmine Lay (13:17.13) and junior Victoria Messer (14:01.39).
 
A freshman took second place in the men's race as Christopher Rosebrook came across the line in 17:12.70. Senior Andrew Mitchell was third (17:18.97) followed by senior Jacob Lackey (17:40.3) in fourth.
 
Also running on the men's side were freshman Gabe Fatooh (17:47.86), senior Carson Bain (19:14.80), freshman Jarrett Schultz (20:44.05) and sophomore Kilano Loyd (22:39.31).
 
The Beacons will also host the first official collegiate race of the season on Friday, November 6 at the Bushnell Invitational. The races begin at 10:00 am at Middlefield Golf Course in Cottage Grove .