SPOKANE, Wash. – The Eastern Oregon University women's and men's cross country teams ran Saturday in their second meets of the season at the Erik Anderson Invitational.

The meet was hosted by Spokane Falls Community College. Competing in quality fields, in warm to hot conditions, EOU had some quality performances today, if not impressive team results.

The women's race was over a rarely run distance for EOU at 6,000 meters as compared to the NAIA standard, 5,000 meter race.

Competing without their top two runners, Karlee Coffey and Alma Garcilazo, the women placed 22nd out of a 26 team field, but had some quality races.

Cristal Delgado ran a very strong race to finish 69th out of 228 finishers. Delgado covered the 6,000-meter layout in 23:34 to lead the Mountaineer women. Delgado was followed across the line by Laura Hanson in 118th at 24:19. Christy Roe was 143rd in at 24:50.

Talissa Baldovino made her season debut in 167th in 25:23. Rounding out the competition for EOU was Jacky Sheoships (187th in 26:00) and Kayla Christensen (190th in 26:05). Both ran faster average per mile times than two weeks ago over the shorter 4,000-meter route in Nampa, Idaho.

For the men, the race distance was the standard 8000 meters. Although a good number of the men (Gus Titus, Hans Roelle, Alex Martinez, Conor Wood, Solame Castillo and Calvin Edward) all ran their first 8K.

The EOU men finished 12th out of 25 teams. The winning team was Colorado School of Mines, the third ranked team in NCAA Div. 2.

Leading the Mountaineers was Isaac Updike in 34th out of 247, with a time of 25:42. Updike was followed closely by the grouped trio of Brian Nelson (72nd in 26:11), Brian Bragg (77th in 26:14) and Ryan Booth (79th in 26:18).

After that trio there was a minute gap to the fifth Mountaineer, Josh Wise (147th in 27:18). Jeff Roy was next in 151st at 27:23, and Gus Titus, in just his third cross country race, crossed the line as the seventh Mountaineer (156th in 27:30). Titus was followed closely by Hans Roelle (159th in 27:31) and Ramon Hernandez (163rd in 27:39).

Rounding out EOU's runners were Alex Martinez (173rd in 27:50), Michael Wanta (178th in 27:53), Salome Castillo (226th in 30:00), Calvin Edward (229th in 30:10) and Conor Wood (241st in 31:25).

The Mountaineers run next at the Charles Bowles Invitational in Salem, Ore., on Oct. 1. The meet is hosted by Willamette University.