Southern Oregon University Athletics

The Southern Oregon men's cross country will start out the season ranked second in the NAIA Top 25 rankings, while the SOU women's team will enter the season ranked 25th.

The Raider men finished the 2009 season ranked No. 1 in the rankings and finished third at the NAIA National Championships. The SOU women entered the rankings for the first time recent memory on the final week of last year at No. 25.

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The transformation of the Southern Oregon track and field and cross country programs continued this week as head coach Brent Ericksen announced the signing of 11 individuals to compete for the Raiders.

Ruben Martinez, Mikayla Garrard (Mazama High School), Cody Carter (The Dallas High School), Jared Nichols (Cascade Christian High School), Kim Zetterland (Amador Valley High School), Paul Schwarzer (Ashland High School), Sean Reilly (Sunset High School), Jen Johnston (West Albany High School), Summer Cano (Century High School), Alexandra Rudd (Mt. Si High School) and Samantha Pummer (Siuslaw High School) are all scheduled to wear the red and black.
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Junior David Laney earned a Top 10 finish and helped the Southern Oregon men to their best finish ever at today’s NAIA Cross Country National Championships in Vancouver, Wash.

Southern Oregon, ranked No. 1 coming into the National Championships, finished third with 188 points. Two-time defending National Champion and second-ranked Malone (Ohio) won the team race with 44 points and Concordia (Neb.) finished second with 166 points. Malone had four finish in the Top 12 and five in the Top 18.
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