HAYS, KAN. – The East Central University men's cross country team finished fifth, out of 19 teams, at the 2015 Fort Hays State Tiger Open.

2015 Fort Hays State Tiger Open Results

The Tigers were the lone team from the Great American Conference at the event, but they did compete against several teams from the Central Region and earned a total of 170 points.

Senior Juan-Joel Pacheco Orozco was the first to finish for ECU, running the 8K course in 24:49.90 and finishing 10^th individually.

Senior Will Baldwin was next in 13^th (24:55.30), junior Richard Mora was 28^th (25:20.80), freshman Cole Montgomery was 65^th (26:04.60), junior Adrian Guevara was 81^st (26:30.90), junior Bruce Bragg was 92^nd (26:43.20), junior Noel Figueroa was 107^th (27:01.60), junior Tyler Baxter was 148^th (27:52.70), sophomore Conrad Carbaugh was 155^th (28:18.00) and freshman Larry Filer was 169^th (29:35.00).

The Tigers will now have a week off before heading to Monticello, Ark., for the 2015 GAC Championship, Saturday, Nov. 24., where they will look to defend their 2014 title.