Meet Results

LEWISTON, Idaho — The No. 3-ranked Southern Oregon men's cross country team placed second with three top-five finishers at the Cascade Conference Championships, presented by U.S. Bank on Friday morning at the Lewis-Clark State cross country course. 

Mason Weisgerber earned his third All-Cascade Conference honor, leading the Raiders with a third-place finish and completing the 8,000-meter course in 24 minutes 20.9 seconds. Carter Stedman finished moments later, placing fourth with a time of 24:24.2 to bring home his second cross country All-CCC award. 

Individual champion Justin Kiplagat won in 24:00.5 and led No. 10 Trinity Western (B.C.) to its first CCC title after joining the conference last year. They posted 57 points while the Raiders finished with 66 points.

"It was tough losing by only nine points, but the men ran well," said head coach Grier Gatlin. "Sometimes, another team just has a better day, so a tip of the cap to Trinity Western."

Andrew Rush came in next for the Raiders, placing fifth in 24:35.1. It was the junior's second-fastest 8K time ever as he earned his first All-CCC award. The four men who finished ahead of him were all seniors. 

The Raiders were in third place at the mile marker (99 points) and held the position through the third mile (88 points). No. 8 College of Idaho was on pace to win the race, posting 54 points after three miles, but ultimately dropped two places, sliding Trinity Western to first and SOU to second. 

Southern Oregon's sophomores concluded the scoring. Josh Hepner ran a season's best, placing 17th in 24:53.7 and Gus Blank finished in a lifetime best, placing 40th in 25:40.1. Hepner was 38th at the first mile split and Blank was 49th. 

Four more Raiders finished after Blank: Logan Huffman (58th, 26:24.1), Trenton Abraham (60th, 26:26.1), Bjorn Austbo (62nd, 26:26.7) and Carter Yates (75th, 26:59.3). 

At the third mile marker, the trio of Weisgerber, Stedman and Rush came through with the leaders in 15:13. The hammer finally dropped and the three Raiders ran the final 1.97 miles in 9:07.5, 9:11.9 and 9:21.5, respectively. 

Southern Oregon's final race will be at the NAIA Championships in Vancouver, Wash., on Nov. 20. 

MEN'S TEAM SCORES — 1. Trinity Western (B.C.) 57, 2. Southern Oregon 66, 3. College of Idaho 76, 4. Corban 114, 5. Eastern Oregon 125, 6. Northwest (Wash.) 153, 7. Oregon Tech 184, 8. Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 205, 9. Evergreen State (Wash.) 227, 10. Walla Walla (Wash.) 276, 11 Warner Pacific 342, 12. Bushnell 347

SOU MEN'S 8K RESULTS (of 107 total runners)
3. Mason Weisgerber, 24:20.9
4. Carter Stedman, 24:24.2
5. Andrew Rush, 24:35.1
17. Josh Hepner, 24:53.7
40. Gus Blank, 25:40.1
58. Logan Huffman, 26:24.1
60. Trenton Abraham, 26:26.1
62. Bjorn Austbo, 26:26.7
75. Carter Yates, 26:59.3