The Colorado College men's cross country team finished in 18^th place at the Fort Hays State Open Saturday in its final tuneup before defending its title at the 2015 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships in three weeks.
 
Junior Conor Terhune led the team for the second consecutive race by finishing in 110^th place with an 8k time of 27 minutes, 4.6 seconds, while senior Tucker Hampson ran a season-best 27:31 to finish 130^th. Freshman David Eik continued his outstanding inaugural season by finishing third on the team and 139^th overall with a time of 27:38.8.
 
Sophomores Ethan Holland (27.52.6) and Cole Thompson (28.25.1) rounded out the official scoring for the Tigers by finishing 147^th and 158^th, respectively.
 
Adams State took home the team title with 70 points, four better than Western State.
 
The Tigers will try to defend their SCAC title on Saturday, Oct. 31, in McKinney, Texas.


Team Results
1. ADAMS STATE 70
2. WESTERN STATE 74
3. OKLAHOMA CITY 125
4. PITTSBURG ST. 141
5. EAST CENTRAL 170
6. ST. MARY (KAN.) 193
7. METRO STATE 197
8. FORT HAYS ST. 208
9. CSU-PUEBLO 216
10. OKLAHOMA CHRISTIAN 217
11. NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS 226
12. ALLEN COUNTY C 291
13. NEWMAN 379
14. FORT LEWIS 381
15. COLO. CHRISTIAN 458
16. WEST TEXAS A&M 459
17. EMPORIA ST. 476
18. COLORADO COLLEGE 532
19. NEBRASKA-KEARNEY 549
 
 
CC Individual Results (8k)
Place. Name – Pts. – Time
110. CONOR TERHUNE  -- 89 -- 27:04.6
130. TUCKER HAMPSON  -- 104 -- 27:31.0
139. DAVID EIK FR -- 110  -- 27:38.8
147. ETHAN HOLLAND – 112 -- 27:52.6
158. COLE THOMPSON -- 117 -- 28:25.1
160. JACOB ROTHMAN  -- 119 -- 28:39.2
163. EZRA COOPERSMITH  -- 122 -- 28:47.3
164. WHIT HENDERSON  -- n/a -- 29:08.4
168. ADAM HOLLIDAY – n/a -- 29:20.1
175. SAM GODDARD – n/a -- 30:36.5