Men's Cross Country 11/8/2015 12:33:00 AM

Women 6th and Men 7th at CCC Championships

SALEM, Ore. - The CCC Cross Country Championships were held this morning in the rain and cool weather at Corban University with the Eagle women taking 6th place in the team standings while the NU men finished 7th. No. 1 ranked Southern Oregon took the men's team title, while Northwest Christian won the top spot for the women.

Jonathan Ferguson was the top men's finisher coming in 17th place and running the 8k course in 26:43. Cassidy Brown was the top Eagle woman breaking the tape at 19:04 for the 5k distance.

Here are the NU competitors, their times and finishes:

Men (8k):
7th - 175 Northwest U. (28:03 2:20:11 2:02)
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1. 17 Jonathan Ferguson 26:43
2. 33 Kyle Cole 27:51
3. 38 Brandon Deshazer 28:12
4. 43 Rafael Lara 28:40
5. 44 Brian Guisinger 28:45
6. (46) Dean Willis 28:51
7. (48) Caleb Smith 29:37
8. (60) Gino Bruce 29:55
9. (63) David Walling 30:11
10. (64) Logan Griffis 30:17

Women (5k):
6th - 143 Northwest U. (20:18 1:41:27 2:41)
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1. 14 Cassidy Brown 19:04
2. 19 Lily Engelbrekt 19:33
3. 22 Sarah Estabrook 19:38
4. 43 Emily Sears 21:27
5. 45 Shandon Lystad 21:45
6. (52) Kelly Grant 23:21

Cassidy Brown has a good chance with her 14th place finish, to qualify for the NAIA national meet which would be her second consecutive trip to the nationals. At-large entrants will be announced some time Monday by the NAIA office.

Thoughts on today's race by NU head cross country coach, Mark Mandi:

"Jonathan (Ferguson) had a solid race today and finished his cross country career at NU with the best finish in his career. I'm proud of the way he battled today and he gave himself a good shot at qualifying for the NAIA nationals. We have a really good, young squad on the men's team with strong leaders, so the best years are ahead of them. They made some good strides this year and I don't want today's race to take away from that."

For the women, Mandi continued: "This was overall the best race this season for us. Out top three women finished in 14th, 19th and 22nd and all wil be returning, so we have a great start to build a really special group over the next few years. Cassidy has a very good chance of being selected for her second straight appearance in the national championships."

"Additionally, I am very proud of our seniors: Jonathan, Brandon, Emily and Kelly. They all put in a lot of time and energy into this program and they will ceratainly be missed."

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Players Mentioned

#0 Kelly Grant: Junior

#0 Kyle Cole: Junior

#0 Brandon Deshazer: Junior

#0 Jonathan Ferguson: Senior

#0 Brian Guisinger: Sophomore

#0 Dean Willis: Junior

#0 Cassidy Brown: Junior

#0 Sarah Estabrook: Sophomore

#0 Shandon Lystad: Junior

#0 Emily Sears: Senior

#0 Gino Bruce: Freshman

#0 Rafael Lara: Freshman

Players Mentioned

#0 Kelly Grant
: Junior

#0 Kyle Cole
: Junior

#0 Brandon Deshazer
: Junior

#0 Jonathan Ferguson
: Senior

#0 Brian Guisinger
: Sophomore

#0 Dean Willis
: Junior

#0 Cassidy Brown
: Junior

#0 Sarah Estabrook
: Sophomore

#0 Shandon Lystad
: Junior

#0 Emily Sears
: Senior

#0 Gino Bruce
: Freshman

#0 Rafael Lara
: Freshman

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Women 6th and Men 7th at CCC Championships

Players Mentioned

#0 Kelly Grant

#0 Kyle Cole

#0 Brandon Deshazer

#0 Jonathan Ferguson

#0 Brian Guisinger

#0 Dean Willis

#0 Cassidy Brown

#0 Sarah Estabrook

#0 Shandon Lystad

#0 Emily Sears

#0 Gino Bruce

#0 Rafael Lara

Players Mentioned

#0 Kelly Grant

#0 Kyle Cole

#0 Brandon Deshazer

#0 Jonathan Ferguson

#0 Brian Guisinger

#0 Dean Willis

#0 Cassidy Brown

#0 Sarah Estabrook

#0 Shandon Lystad

#0 Emily Sears

#0 Gino Bruce

#0 Rafael Lara