PORTLAND, Ore.--- The Portland Pilots men's and women's cross country teams will compete this Friday at the Beaver Classic held at Avery Park in Corvallis, Ore. The two teams continue to be nationally ranked this week with the women at No. 8 and the men at No. 12. In the regional rankings, the women sit at No. 3 in the West, while the men are at No. 4.
The Portland women will first compete in the women's 6k at 4:00 p.m. on Friday,with freshmen Natalie Smith and Maddy Lyons leading the Pilots' JV squad. The team comes off of a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Pre-Nationals last weekend,where they competed against six other nationally ranked teams.