COMPLETE RACE RESULTS

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Isaac Fernandez repeated as an All-American and both the Southern Oregon University men's and women's cross country teams captured ninth place at the NAIA Championships on Friday morning at Apalachee Regional Park.

Led by Hernandez's 28^th-place finish, the Raider men put four individuals among the top-78 in the 326-person field. Sophomore Lauren Forster paced the Raider women in 55^th place, helping them match the fourth-best showing in team history.

SOU had landed top-10 men's and women's standings at the same national race only three times previously.

The Raiders did it this time under unusual circumstances, starting the men's 8K at 5:30 a.m. Pacific Time and 8:30 a.m. locally. Fernandez, a senior from Yreka, Calif., still managed his best time of the season – completing the course in 24 minutes 43.5 seconds to improve upon his 38^th-place effort last year.

Sophomore Lincoln Woodhouse logged a PR of 25:03.7 to finish 52^nd, and freshman Logan Jones came in just behind him in 25:09.4 for 61^st place. The Raiders' fourth and fifth scorers, Zackary Alexander (25:19.2) and Jensen Salvatori (25:39.1), took 78^th and 118^th.

The Raider women outperformed their No. 12 ranking behind Forster's 23-second PR of 18:26.1, which gave her a 118-spot improvement over 2021. Alejandra Lopez passed 17 runners over the final thousand meters to place 83^rd in 18:43.2, a year after placing 154^th.

Kayla Clayton (18:46.6) and Haylee Brodahl (18:48.8) came in moments later in 92^nd and 96^th place. Maya Smith (19:00.4), the Raiders' fifth and final scorer, placed 112^th.

The finish marked a considerable improvement for both teams over 2021, when the men took 14^th and the women were 18^th.

Dordt (Iowa), ranked No. 3 before the race, was an upset winner on the men's side with 97 points. Top-ranked Taylor (Ind.) easily won the women's race with five top-19 scorers, accumulating 50 points to second-place Milligan (Tenn.)'s 177.

MEN'S TEAM SCORES (top-10 of 36) – 1. Dordt (Iowa) 97, 2. Milligan (Tenn.) 115, 3. The Master's (Calif.) 151, 4. Indiana Wesleyan 208, 5. St. Francis (Ill.) 208, 6. Oklahoma City 218, 7. College of Idaho 227, 8. Grace (Ind.) 247, 9. Southern Oregon 278, 10. Huntington (Ind.) 283

SOU MEN'S 8K RESULTS (of 326 total runners)
28. Isaac Fernandez, 24:43.5
52. Lincoln Woodhouse, 25:03.7
61. Logan Jones, 25:09.4
78. Zackary Alexander, 25:19.2
118. Jensen Salvatori, 25:39.1
150. Frankie Maciel, 25:55.6
207. Luke Lucchesi, 26:26.4

WOMEN'S TEAM SCORES (top-10 of 36) – 1. Taylor (Ind.) 50, 2. Milligan (Tenn.) 177, 3. College of Idaho 201, 4. St. Francis (Ill.) 203, 5. Cornerstone (Mich.) 211, 6. The Master's (Calif.) 230, 7. St. Mary (Kan.) 251, 8. Dordt (Iowa) 315, 9. Southern Oregon 357, 10. Grace (Ind.) 363

SOU WOMEN'S 5K RESULTS (of 326 total runners)
55. Lauren Forster, 18:26.1
83. Alejandra Lopez, 18:43.2
92. Kayla Clayton, 18:46.6
96. Haylee Brodahl, 18:48.8
112. Maya Smith, 19:00.4
155. Sydnee Kizziar, 19:23.3
156. Emma Baeth, 19:24.2