COMPLETE RACE RESULTS
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – After a three-week hiatus, the Bushnell cross country teams returned to action on Friday at the Cascade Collegiate Conference Preview Meet, hosted by Oregon Tech at the Running Y Ranch. Both teams came away with second-place finishes.
The men's squad scored 65 points, finishing behind the host Owls and their 17 points finish as OIT owned seven of the top-eight finishes.
Linus Rueegger led the charge, taking ninth place in 26 minutes, 52 seconds. His time was a personal record and breaks into the Bushnell all-time top-25 runners list at no. 20.
Gabe Fatooh (28:19) and
Noah Mancione (28:24) were next across the finish line for the Beacons in 14th and 15th place respectively.
Christopher Rosebrook (18th, 29:11) and
Connor Woodcock (19th, 29:39) rounded out the scoring.
"Our pack was really strong for us," said head coach
Tom Boldon. "Our second through fifth runners were within six places of each other which helps us immensely."
The women also finished second behind Oregon Tech who posted a perfect score. Bushnell scored 43 points behind the 15 for the Owls.
For the first time,
Isabell Webber was the leading runner for Bushnell, taking ninth place with a time of 21:26. Boldon said, "Isabell continues to get stronger and will be a big factor for us at conference."
Behind Webber in tenth was
Aneykah McCall (21:58) while
Skye Urban took 12th (22:28). Rounding out the Beacon contingent were
Kaitlin Cook in 13th (23:27) and
Liz Jarvis in 16th (27:14).
"The women's team was missing four runners but still battled," said Boldon. "We anticipate having more of our team available next week and we are hopeful to be back to 100% for conference."
Bushnell will head to Lewiston, Idaho next Saturday to compete in the Inland Empire Invitational, hosted by Lewis-Clark State College.
