SALEM, Ore. – The Portland men's cross country team raced to the Charles Bowles Invitational team title, while the Pilot women took second place at the event hosted Saturday morning at Bush's Pasture Park.

Matt Schumann led three Pilots in the Top 10 individually with a third-place overall finish at the 8K course in a time of 24:50.9. Cameron Thompson placed sixth and Cole Shugart took eighth place for Portland as the squad cruised with a team total of 48 points. Portland State finished second with 71 points.

The Pilot women had four harriers finish in the top 20 paced by Grace Ritchie in fourth place with a time of 18:05.4 in the 6K meet. Ellee Becker crossed in 15th place, followed by Grace Oswin and Emily Bechen in 19th and 20th, respectively. Portland State won the team title with 54 points, while the Pilots had 86 team points for the runner-up finish.
 
The Pilots will next send a number of top runners to the Nuttycombe Invitational hosted by Wisconsin at the Thomas Zimmer Championship Course on Friday, Oct. 18.

Charles Bowles Invitational
Bush's Pasture Park
October 5, 2019

Men's Results (8K)
1. Portland, 48
2. Portland State, 71
3. Eastern Washington, 94
4. Embry-Riddle, 114
5. Humboldt State, 122
6. Alaska Fairbanks, 212
7. George Fox, 229
8. Lewis & Clark, 246
9. Whitman, 278
10. Willamette, 300
11. Pacific Lutheran, 302
12. Whitworth, 316
13. Concordia (Ore.), 330             
14. Puget Sound, 346     
15. Pacific (Ore.), 448    
16. Linfield, 490

Portland Men
3. Matt Schumann, 24:50.9
6. Cameron Thompson, 24:55.2
8. Cole Shugart, 24:56.3
12. John Kavulich, 25:09.2
19. Thomas Salas, 25:29.4
20. Leo Donlea, 25:31.3
34. Jake Knoblich, 25:52.4
49. Kris Braunberger, 26:20.9
52. James Parker, 26:23.9
57. Sean Tan, 26:31.9
81. Henry Hayes, 27:03.2

Women's Results (6K)
1. Portland State, 54
2. Portland, 86
3. Humboldt State, 95
4. Eastern Washington, 101
5. Embry-Riddle, 130
6. Point Loma, 154
7. Whitman, 195
8. Willamette, 261
9. Pacific (Ore.), 276
10. Whitworth, 293
11. Pacific Lutheran, 314
12. Lewis & Clark, 339
13. Linfield, 364
14. George Fox, 371
15. Puget Sound, 389
16. Alaska Fairbanks, 414
17. Concordia (Ore.), 416

Portland Women
4. Grace Ritchie, 18:05.4
15. Ellee Becker, 18:30.1
19. Grace Oswin, 18:35.8
20. Emily Bechen, 18:35.9
32. Lauren Block, 18:55.2
59. Reagen Gorman, 19:30.3
61. Alexandra Newsom, 19:32.9
120. Allegra Vanderwilde, 20:27.4