SALEM, Ore.---Ellie Erikson collected second place overall in the 5K and the No. 20 Pilots women's cross country squad topped the team scores with just 56 points the Charles Bowles Invitational on Saturday morning. The No. 22 Portland men finished second only to the 13th-ranked Washington Huskies, and were led by Thomas Salas' eighth-place individual finish in the 8K event.
Anna-Sophie Meusburger rolled into third-place with a time of 18:18.7 in the 5K, Lacey Conner claimed sixth in 18:24.9, and Evelyn Collins-Winn crossed the line at 18:45.9 for 13th-place. Alexa Hague rounded out the women's scorers in 35th-place with a time of 19:17.