Meet Results

Eastern Illinois men's and women's cross country opened their 2025 season on Friday evening competing at the Southeast Missouri Redhawk Invitational.

The EIU men placed third in the field while the women also finished third.

Brenda Torres led the EIU women to a strong third place finish which first among the five Ohio Valley Conference schools in the meet.  Torres placed fifth in the 5,000-meter race with a time of 18:09.25.

Rylea Borgic and Sophie Krueger crossed in 10th and 11th place with Borgic posting a time of 18:19.75 and Krueger in at 18:25.02.

Avery Braker and Olivia Esche were the final two EIU scored runners in the top five.  Braker was 16th with a time of 18:37.12 while Esche finished 22nd with a time of 18:46.10.

Brad Ahrens led the Panther men finishing 12th in the field as the race was run at the 5,000-meter distance.  Ahrens crossed in 15:37.47.  Michael Atkins was just behind crossing in 13th with a time of 15:37.57.

Tyler Dillon, Mason Stoeger and Aidan Gonzalez rounded out the top five EIU runners in the meet.  Dillon was 18th with a time of 15:45.87.  Stoeger was 21st with a time of 15:53.12.  Gonzalez crossed in 15:53.63 to finish 22nd.

EIU returns to action next Friday hosting the EIU Walt Crawford Invitational at the Tom Woodall Panther Trail.