LA GRANDE, Ore. - Josh Wageman finished third to lead the NNU men's cross country team to a third place finish at the Eastern Oregon Open on Saturday afternoon in La Grande.

Ashley Puga posted a time of 11:11 to lead the women's team to a 23-35 win in the 3,000-meter race.

Puga finished four seconds ahead of EOU's Marcella Bosch and Jaclyn Puga wrapped up third for NNU with her third place finish of 11:21.

Wageman posted 15:55 in the 5,000-meter race as the Crusaders scored 47 points behind Team Greyhound with 32 points and EOU with 41.

Megan Oberst finished sixth (11:54), Jamie Beaty was seventh (11:58), Ashley Rendahl was ninth (12:03) and Elisa Decker was tenth (12:09) as NNU had six of the top 10 finishers in the women's event.

Also running were Shannon DeBoer (12th, 12:12), Miriam Reardon (13th, 12:20), Danielle Beesley (15th, 12:38), Ashley Mormon (18th, 13:02) and Jen Young (19th, 13:12).

On the men's side, Neil Easter posted a top-10 finish with 16:09 to finish sixth overall.  Jason Towery was 11th in 16:26, Luke Hetrick was 14th with 16:34 and Hank Hetrick was 17th in 16:52.

Also competing were Alex Crystal (21st, 17:10), Josh Merioles (27th, 17:37), Greg DeSimone (31st, 17:53), Caleb Reynolds (32nd, 18:02) and Mike Lewis (34th, 18:19).

The Crusaders will now prepare for the Great Northwest Athletic Conference championships, held next Saturday in Yakima, Washington.