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.
ReslultsSenior
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.