Ramos sets school record

The Eastern cross country team competed in its last meet before the Ohio Valley Conference Championship Friday at Bradley University in Peoria. The women placed 10th while the men took sixth in team standings.

The Panther women scored 226 points while Missouri won the women’s meet overall with 65 points.

Junior Erika Ramos was the top finisher for the Panther women, placing 11th with a time of 21:47.28. Ramos set a school record in the women’s 6K race.

The winner overall for the women was Illinois State’s Krista Deceault with a time of 20:56.15.

Other top finishing Panther women were red-shirt junior Olivia Klaus who placed 47th with a time of 22:32.62 followed by fifth year Caitlin Napoleoni in 48th with a time of 22:33.29.

The Panther men scored 166 points while Drake won the men’s meet overall with 76 points.

The top finisher for the Panther men was red-shirt senior Brad LaRocque who placed 12th with a time of 25:14.7 on the 8K course. The winner overall for the men was Butler’s Ross Clarke with a time of 24:29.9.

Other top finishing Panther men were freshman Bryce Basting who placed 22nd with a time of 25:30.8 and Senior Matt Feldhake in 40th with a time of 25:56.1.

The Panthers will return to action in two weeks at the OVC Championship on Oct. 29 in Richmond, Ky.