Complete Men's Results
Complete Women's Results

LAWRENCE, Kan. – The Southern Oregon University men's cross country team claimed second place at the NAIA Championships on Saturday for the third straight season, and the Raider women were 18^th after a three-year absence.

That there was some mild disappointment at Rim Rock Farm was telling of how far both programs have come in recent seasons.

Max Runia (Central Point, Ore./Crater) finished eighth, Eric Ghelfi (Redding, Calif./Redding Adventist Academy) was ninth and Jared Hixon (Palmdale, Calif./Palmdale) was 16th to give the second-ranked Raider men three All-Americans, while Summer Cano (Hillsboro, Ore./Century) placed 25th to become the first SOU women's All-American since Seena Frantz in 2009.

The Oklahoma City men and British Columbia women both defended their team titles.

OKC put all five of its scorers in the top 19, totaling 64 points to SOU's 121. Olivet Nazarene (125) was right behind the Raider men, and Eastern Oregon (199) took fourth.

Runia's time of 25:10.9 was just under 14 seconds behind winner Benard Keter of Wayland Baptist. Ghelfi was in next at 25:15.8, improving on his All-American placing of 20^th last season. Hixon, who was 36^th in 2013, moved up 20 spots with a time of 25:24.5.

Kevin Jorgensen (Yreka, Calif./Yreka), SOU's fourth scorer, placed 35^th in 25:39.5 to mark another big improvement after he was 78^th last year, and Cary Dunagan (Reno, Nev./Reno) was the fifth and final scorer in 66^th (26:04.5).

Cano was a freshman when the SOU women last came as a team and led the Raiders then in 37^th place. She was 81^st in 2013, but her time of 18:28.8 on Saturday helped her clear the top-30 by a comfortable margin. Lupescu completed the course in 18:57.9.

The next three scorers were a little more compact. Jessie Rozario (Rocklin, Calif./Del Oro) made it in 19:42.1 (141^st), Jessa Perkinson (Roseburg, Ore./Roseburg) in 19:56.0 (178^th) and Karen Silvas (Santa Ana, Calif./Segerstrom) in 19:58.8 (186^th). All three were at the NAIA Championships for the first time.

"I'm happy for the seniors that ran well," SOU coach Grier Gatlin said. "It was good to have both teams here."

SOU's men haven't been out of the top four since before 2008. They won their only title in 2010.

Lewis-Clark State was second in the women's team race and Northwest Christian was third.

British Columbia won easily, and its senior, Maria Brenard, was the individual champion by a margin of over 30 seconds with her time of 17:03.8.
 
MEN'S TEAM SCORES (Top 20) – 1. Oklahoma City 55, 2. Southern Oregon 113, 3. Olivet Nazarene 142, 4. Eastern Oregon 144, 5. Aquinas 183, 6. British Columbia 213, 7. Cal State San Marcos, 8. St. Francis 232, 9. Carroll 307, 10. Lewis-Clark State 316, 11. Tennessee Wesleyan 346, 12. Indiana Wesleyan, 13. Morningside 357, 14. St. Mary 412, 15. Taylor 423, 16. Indiana Tech 459, 17. Shawnee State 479, 18. The Master's 485, 19. Columbia College 523, 20. Concordia (Ore.) 526

Complete SOU Men's 8K Results (320 entrants)
8. Max Runia (Central Point, Ore./Crater), 25:10.9
9. Eric Ghelfi (Redding, Calif./Redding Adventist Academy), 25:15.8
16. Jared Hixon (Palmdale, Calif./Palmdale), 25:24.5
35. Kevin Jorgensen (Yreka, Calif./Yreka), 25:39.5
66. Cary Dunagan (Reno, Nev./Reno), 26:04.5
108. Connor Cushman (West Linn, Ore./West Linn), 26:34.6
157. Jose Ortiz (Santa Ana, Calif./Santa Ana), 26:54.2

WOMEN'S TEAM SCORES (Top 20) – 1. British Columbia 43, 2. Lewis-Clark State 141, 3. Northwest Christian 181, 4. Carroll 234, 5. Dordt 235, 6. Oklahoma Baptist 250, 7. Cal State San Marcos 263, 8. Westmont 316, 9. Aquinas 321, 10. Taylor 336, 11. Oregon Tech 376, 12. Shawnee State 403, 13. The Master's 408, 14. Wayland Baptist 424, 15. Oklahoma City 436, 16. Olivet Nazarene 439, 17. College of Idaho 441, 18. Southern Oregon 454, 19. Indiana Wesleyan, 20. St. Francis 538

Complete SOU Women's 5K Results (336 entrants)
25. Summer Cano (Hillsboro, Ore./Century), 18:28.8
50. Rebecca Lupescu (Portland, Ore./Westview), 18:57.9
141. Jessie Rozario (Rocklin, Calif./Del Oro), 19:42.1
178. Jessa Perkinson (Roseburg, Ore./Roseburg), 19:56.0
186. Karen Silvas (Santa Ana, Calif./Segerstrom), 19:58.8
265. Aspen Abbott (Gardnerville, Nev./Douglas), 20:47.4
305. Kimberly Nava (Van Nuys, Calif./Birmingham), 21:49.7