Cottage Grove, Ore. – The Bushnell University men's cross country team got their year off on a solid foot on Friday, playing host to five other CCC schools at the Bushnell Open, taking place at Middlefield Golf Course.
 
The Beacons took fourth at the 6K event, coming in just four points behind Corban University. Oregon Tech won the meet with a perfect score, owning the first five scoring slots for 15 points. Northwest University was a distant second with 62 points, followed by Corban at 78 and Bushnell at 82. Multnomah closed out the event in fifth place with 136 points. Warner Pacific University ran three individuals at the meet as well.
 
Mark French, coming in at 18:35.2, won the race by nearly nine seconds over an unattached runner. The next four slots were full of Owls with Jonas Hartline (19:01.8), Nick McMillen (19:21.5), Chris Ramirez (19:21.6), and Joe Wilkinson (19:27.2) rounding out the sweep.
 
The Beacons were led by freshman Christopher Rosebrook (pictured), making a big splash in his collegiate debut with a 13th-place finish, coming in at 19:57.8. Senior Jacob Truitt followed in 22nd (20:18.4), senior Jacob Lackey was 24th (20:26.8), freshman Gabe Fatooh (20:38.2) took 26th and senior Carson Bain (21:12.2) was 29th to round out the scoring for the home team.
 
Also running for Bushnell were Connor Woodcock (35th, 21:43.1), Jarrett Schultz (23:21.9), and Kilano Loyd (25:04.0)


This was the one and only fall event for the Beacons, who will return to competition in late January.