Embry-Riddle finished in 5th place out of 20 teams at the UC Riverside Highlander Invitational on Saturday hosted at UC Riverside. ERAU finished with a team time of 2:05.02 and an 8K time of 25:00.
Demetris Love, Jr. (Phoenix, Ariz.) continued his strong senior year as he set a school record in the 8K and finished in 2nd place. Love, Jr. finished with a time of 23:53.9.
Dillon Eisner (Paulden, Ariz.) finished in 14th place and was second for ERAU. Eisner ran his race in 24:33.6.
The next runner for the Eagles was
Ben Smith (Spokane, Wash.) came in 33rd place with a time of 25:02.6.
Finishing with a time of 25:43.5 was
Jacob Ortiz (Chandler, Ariz.). Ortiz averaged a 5:10.4 mile pace.
Nathan Kutscher (Huntington Beach, Calif.) and
Nick Logan (Phoenix, Ariz.) were the next Embry-Riddle finishers. Kutscher came in 81st with a time of 25:49.5 and Logan in 87th with a time of 25:52.7.
Ben Kovach (Chandler, Ariz.) averaged a mile time of 5:23.5 as he finished the 8K race in 26:48.2 to finish out the Embry-Riddle scoring.
Also running in Riverside today was
Cam Shepard (Buckeye, Ariz.),
Nicolas Urquidez (Austin, Texas),
Austin Lemus (Chino, Calif.),
Tyler Rafferty (Surprise, Ariz.), and
Carlos Soto (San Salvador, El Salvador).
Embry-Riddle will have a little time off as the next race for the Eagles will be at the Master's University for the GSAC Cross Country Championships on Friday, November 8th.
