Estacada, Ore. – The Bethany Lutheran men's cross country team placed 24^th in the 28-team field at the Lewis and Clark Invite Saturday with 645 points. The field featured two Top 30 teams in the latest USTFCCCA poll.

"I'm very proud of our men this weekend," said head coach Michael Dunn. They showed up to compete hard and each one of them had a solid race with great effort."

Bethany's competitors
 

167	Anderson, Jakin	27:27.7
221	Edmondson, Trace	28:47.8
225	Jack, Carter	28:56.3
246	Hoppe, Josiah	29:27.6
248	Kipkoech, Alvin	29:30.9
286	Machtemes, Xerxes	31:46.3

 
Anderson had the 12^th-best time, Edmondson had the 34^th-best time, and Jack had the 36^th-best time in program history. This was also the first time in program history that there were six finishers under 30 minutes.
 
Team Standings

PL	Team	Score
1	Portland	15
2	Southern Oregon	78
3	#15 Carleton	94
4	#25 Loras	100
5	Pacific Lutheran	160
6	Seattle U.	204
7	St. John's (Minn.)	217
8	Portland State	259
9	Lane CC	269
10	Pacific (Ore.)	281
11	Whitworth	351
12	Whitman	357
13	Lewis & Clark	359
14	LCXC Alumni	414
15	George Fox	432
16	Western Oregon	535
17	Green River College	539
18	OSU Running Club	563
19	Corban	567
20	Clark College	580
21	Olympic College	582
22	Multnomah	597
23	Clackamas CC	637
24	Bethany Lutheran	645
25	Umpqua CC	724
26	Treasure Valley CC	811
	Everett CC	DNF
	Puget Sound	DNF

 
 The Vikings return to competition Saturday, Oct. 30 at the UMAC Conference Championships.