The Eastern Washington University men's cross country team placed fifth out of eight schools at the Cougar Classic in Colfax, Wash., Friday (Sept. 14). 
                                         
Eastern's women placed seventh overall and were led by Lily Tyrrell placing 30th at the Cougar Classic. The men were led by sophomore Isaac Barville placing 17th followed by freshman Carter Ledwith placing 27th.
 
"I'm proud of the way our team raced," said head coach Sam Read. "We stuck to our guns and ran our race, we relaxed early and moved well late."
 
Team Scores
 
Women
1.  Portland State 34
2.  Washington State 44
3.  Idaho 53 
4.  Gonzaga 103
5.  Pepperdine 150
6.  Lewis-Clark 180
7.  Eastern Washington 190
8.  Walla Walla 253
 
Men
1.  Gonzaga 17
2.  Pepperdine 73
3.  Washington State 73
4.  Idaho 95
5.  Eastern Washington 148
6.  Lewis-Clark 149
7.  Portland State 179
8.  Walla Walla 245
 
EWU Finishers:
 
Women:
32. Lily Tyrrell 22:52
50. Megan Pitzman 23:40
51. Hannah Spakousky 23:45
53. Ashley Arreola 23:47
57. Molly Beaman 23:59
60. Erika Leinweber 24:11
72. Johanna Sherman 29:22

Men:
17. Isaac Barville 24:57
27. Carter Ledwith 25:26
43. Domenic Rehm 25:51
60. Colton Egberg 26:40
69. Jacob Christner 27:11
70. Jacob Stirpe 27:11
72. Jack Sloan 27:12
78. Nicholas Mullineux 27:38
86. Brock O'Neal 28:34
88. Drew Whited 28:52
 
Comments from Head Coach Sam Read
 
On performances by the women:"Our women took some big steps forward from 2 weeks ago and raced well as a team. Our 2-6 worked together well. We had a tight pack that was able to move up through the race together. Megan and Hannah were the core of that pack and ran really strong, smart races."
 
On performances by the men:"The front pack took care of their business as Isaac and Carter ran some pretty fast times for us this early in the season. But I was really happy to see our 6-8 runners closing the gap on our 4-5 runners and providing our team with some depth that we were missing two weeks ago."
 
What's next
                                 
The Eagles will travel to Missoula, Mont., to compete in the Montana Invitational on Friday Sept. 28, with the women starting at 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time and Men to follow at 5:45 p.m.