COMPLETE RESULTS |
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SALEM, Ore. – The Bushnell men's cross country team was finally able to compete near full strength on Saturday with ten runners in action at the Charles Bowles Invitational, hosted by Willamette University at Bush Park.
The top finisher for the Beacons was
Ja White (pictured), breaking the 27-minute barrier with a time of 26:58.60 to claim 149th place.
Ben Collins followed in 176th (27:28.10) and
Sayer Pescosolido ran a 27:53.30 to take 193rd.
Rounding out the scoring,
Grant Kaminer saw a huge 52-second improvement over his previous 8000m race at the CCC preview, running a 28:03.10 to take 197th, and
Logan Gant shaved a full minute off of his PR, running 28:25.90 for 209th place.
Also running for the Beacons were
Wyatt Humphreys,
Wyatt Pepiot,
Miguel Ramirez,
CJ Long, and
Hudson Gerlits. Pepiot (29:36.60) and Long (30:45.00) both ran personal bests of 46 seconds and 56 seconds respectively.
In what should go down as the largest race of the season for the Beacons with 277 runners and 23 full teams, Bushnell finished in 21st place. The Beacons were sixth among Cascade Conference teams with NAIA No. 4-ranked College of Idaho winning the race and owning the top-three individual finishes.
Head Coach
Kyle Will said, "I was pleased with our performance today, and we have started to turn the corner a little bit. They have responded well the last few weeks and showed some motivation in a big meet full of a lot of tough competition."
The Beacons will take a week off and return to action on October 19th at Linfield University's George Oja Invitational, taking place at Oak Knoll Golf Course in Independence, Oregon.
