Embry-Riddle's Demetris Love, Jr. (Phoenix, Ariz.) finished 1st at The Master's Cross Country Invitational as the Eagles finished 3rd as a team held at Central Park in Santa Clarita, California.  

Love, Jr. finished with a time of 24:11.7, nine second faster than the second place finisher.  

The next ERAU finisher was Ben Smith (Spokane, Wash.).  The sophomore ran the course in 24:44.3 which was good enough for 10th place overall.  

Dillon Eisner (Paulden, Ariz.) and Jacob Ortiz (Gilbert, Ariz.) were next to cross the finish line.  Eisner came in 19th with a time of 24:56.9 and Ortiz in 23rd with a finishing time of 25:04.4.

Nick Logan (Phoenix, Ariz.) was just behind them finishing his race in 25:09 and in 26th place.  

Nathan Kutscher (Huntington Beach, Calif.) finished in 25:51.3.  He was followed by Ben Kovach (Chandler, Ariz.) who had a time of 26:29.4.   

Cam Shepherd (Buckeye, Ariz.), Tyler Rafferty (Surprise, Ariz.), Nicolas Urquidez (Austin, Texas), and Carlos Soto (San Salvador, El Salvador) also raced for ERAU.  Shepherd ran the course in 26:55.9 followed closely by Rafferty who finished in 26:58.4.  Urquidez was not far behind them finishing in 27:08.5.  Soto ran the 8K course in 28:56.2 for the Eagles.  

Embry-Riddle will race again at the Highlander Invitational hosted by UC Riverside on Saturday, October 19th.