SALEM, OR – Kobe Wessels earned the second All-Cascade Conference cross country honor of his career after a top 15 finish at the 2025 Cascade Conference Cross Country Championships, presented by U.S. Bank, on Friday. The LC State men finished eighth as a team.
No. 10 Eastern Oregon won the team title with No. 9 Southern in second and No. 12 College of Idaho in third. No. 15 Trinity Western (B.C.) was fourth and No. 20 Corban (Ore.) was fifth.
“Challenging day for us at conference,” coach Mike Collins said. “We knew it was going to be like that though as we are in probably the toughest single conference in the entire nation, so the bar is raised very high every year for us. On the men’s side we knew we had a very tough hill to climb for the day to earn our spot at the national meet. I know the guys put their hearts out there, but a few late season injuries and a few illnesses here and there probably held us back a little bit. In the end we just didn’t have what it took to take us up to that next level.”…