ESTACADA, Ore. --The Pilot men's cross country team cruised to a team win with just 31 points at the Lewis & Clark XC Invite on Saturday morning, led by Daniel Racle's second-place individual finish in the 8K race. Racle crossed the line in a time of 24:16.4. Women finish ninth overall. 

The Pilots ran two strategies throughout the race. One group decided to push hard from the front of the race, forcing their competition to run hard if they wanted to remain competitive.The other group decided to work their way up from the middle of the pack throughout the race. Their efforts led to a dominant team win, having only accumulated 31 points total.

Henry Mong clocked in next for the Pilots with a time of 24:30.8 to secure fifth-place overall. Mong was followed by Leo Donlea in seventh (24:36.8), Chris Anderson in 14th (24:51.6) and Brady Martisus to round out the scoring five finishing in 21st-place (25:00.8). Other Pilots that competed were Cohen Williams in 25th (25:09.9), AJ Reyes in 30th (25:11.5), Justin Hazell in 35th (25:22.6), Eliason Kabasenche in 48th (25:40.1), Kevin Andrews in 54th (25:47.1), Nico Grillo in 101th (26:44.2) and Kai Vickers in 119th (27:02.8).

The women notched several PRs on the day, with nearly every runner running a personal best. The women competed well through the race, moving up throughout in an effort to pick off other racers throughout. The women would ultimately finish ninth overall with 263 points being led by Lauren Block who finished 27th overall in a time of 22:48.1.

Block was followed by Tait Vigeland in 40th (23:05.7), Tait Rowley in 63th (23:33.4), Alexa Hague in 97th (24:24.3), and Tiahna Woodger in 100th (24:33.5) to round out the Pilot scorers. Tait Vigeland, Tait Rowley and Tiahna Woodger all ran personal records for the Pilots.

Both Portland programs will return to competition at the WCC Championships in Portland, Ore. on Friday, October 28th.

Women's Team Results -- 6K
1. Eastern Washington 65
2. College of Idaho 89
3. Oregon State 90
4. Southern Idaho 138
5. George Fox 179
6. Seattle U 188
7. Southern Oregon 198
8. Portland State 203
9. Portland 263
10. Lewis & Clark 287
11. Pacific (Ore.) 301
12. Pacific Lutheran 314
13. McMurry 396
14. Eastern Oregon 434
15. Whitman 440
16. UO Running Club
17. Linfield 446
18. Whitworth 463
19. Haskell Indian 465
20. Puget Sound 556
21. Corban 560
22. Clark College 580

Women's Individual Results -- 6K
27. Lauren Block 22:48.1
40. Tait Vigeland 23:05.7 PR
63. Tait Rowley 23:33.4 PR
97. Alexa Hague 24:24.3
100. Tiahna Woodger 24:33.5 PR

Men's Team Results -- 8K
1. Portland 31
2. Eastern Oregon 84
3. Portland State 113
4. Southern Oregon 138
5. Southern Idaho 166
6. College of Idaho 168
7. Pacific Lutheran 188
8. Eastern Washington 195
9. Seattle U 215
10. George Fox 301
11. ORegon Tech 312
12. Northwest U. 366
13. Lewis & Clark 382
14. Whitworth 430
15. McMurry 538
16. Whitman 538
17. Corban 579
18. UO Running Club 582
19. Linfield 594
20. OSU Running Club 598
21. Haskell Indian 600
22. Pacific (Ore.) 606
23. Green River College
24. Spokane CC 657
25. Puget Sound 659
26. LCXC Alumni 693
27. Clark College 759
28. Treasure Valley CC 805
29. Olympic College 890
30. Umpqua CC 948

Portland Individual Men -- 8K
2. Daniel Racle 24:16.4
5. Henry Mong 24:30.8
7. Leo Donlea 24:36.8
14. Chris Anderson 24:51.6
21. Brady Martisus 25:00.8 PR
25. Cohen Williams 25:09.9
30. AJ Reyes 25:11.5
35. Justin Hazell 25:22.6
48. Eliason Kabasenche 25:40.1
54. Kevin Andrews 25:47.1
101. Nico Grillo 26:44.2
119. Kai Vickers 27:02.8