JOPLIN, MO. – The East Central University men's cross country team had a strong showing at the 2015 Missouri Southern Stampede, finishing first out of 25 university teams.

Reslults

Senior Juan-Joel Pacheco Orozco finished third individually in the 8K race in a time of 24:43.36.  The Tigers finished the race with 121 points, three points in front of the second-place team Nebraska-Kearney.  ECU competed against three other teams from the Great American Conference, with Harding taking fourth, Southern Arkansas 16^th and Oklahoma Baptist 19^th.

Senior Will Baldwin was the second to cross the finish line for the Tigers, completing the race in 25;07.91 and finishing 11^th. 

Junior Richard Mora was next in 35^th (25:32.31), freshman Cole Montgomery was 38^th (25:34.31), junior Adrian Guevara was 40^th (25:38.25), junior Bruce Bragg, Jr., was 57^th (25:52.62), junior Noel Figueroa was 115^th (26:35.60), freshman Larry Filer was 130^th (26:54.30), junior Tyler Baxter was 188^th (27:51.37), sophomore Conrad Carbaugh was 196^th (27:58.40) and sophomore Caleb Biles was 225^th (28:54.26).

The Tigers will return to action, Saturday, Oct. 3 at the Chile Pepper Festival hosted by the University of Arkansas.