The Bears, running on an 8,000-meter course for the first time this year, were led by freshman Eric Anderson (37th, 24:57.9) and Kyle Scanlan (68th, 25:31.5).

The men, who finished with 246 points, were just 22 points behind ninth-place McNeese State (224) and were 20 points ahead of 11th-place Central Arkansas (266).

Running without most of their top runners, the women were led by Gretta Smith, who finished the 5K-race in 18:15.4 in 80th. Senior Erika Overbeck was just two places behind in 82nd with a time of 18:16.0.

BU's five scoring women's runner tallied 385 points to finish 42 points behind 13th-place McNeese State (343) and 20 points ahead of Texas State (405).

HIGHLIGHTS
• Baylor's third, fourth and fifth-place runners on the men's side were junior Matt Galvin (79th, 25:38.1), senior Jonathan Tijerina (82nd, 25:39.0) and sophomore Jordan West (130th, 26:09.4).

• Baylor had a total of 12 girls competing in the event, while the men only had 10 runners.

• There were 48 men's teams, including three Big 12 foes Kansas State, TCU and Texas Tech. BU finished ahead of those trio of schools. 425 individuals finished the race. • There were 43 women's teams at the meet.

• The women's other scoring runners included Sarah Guhl (113th, 18:31.8), Rachel Covey (114th, 18:32.4) and Lauren Hierholzer (148th, 18:46.6).

• Anderson has finished as BU's top runner in all four meets this year.

• Scanlan and Tijerina have been scoring runners in all four races for the Bears this year.

TOP QUOTE #1:
"We knocked off some people we were supposed to beat, but we didn't beat any people we wanted to beat. I thought we ran ok. We were missing Derwin, because he got sick last night. We were disappointed a little bit, but we were pleased we were able to stay ahead of some of the teams we wanted to stay ahead of." - assistant coach Jon Capron on the men's race

TOP QUOTE #2:
"I was very impressed with the ladies. I think they ran very tough. Without the front half of runners, it makes it tough to know where you are supposed to be." - Capron on the women's race

WHAT'S NEXT
The Baylor men and women will compete at the HBU Invitational in Houston on Friday at 4 p.m.