WILLAMETTE, Ore. - Jonah Grubbs recorded a personal-best time to lead the Cal Poly Humboldt men's cross country team to seventh place among 23 teams at the Charles Bowles Invitational on Saturday.

Grubbs completed the 8K course in 24:57.3, placing 33rd overall and earning an adjusted scoring position of 30th.

Nicholas Woolery followed in 45th place with a personal-best time of 25:10.0. Senior Jacob Christoper recorded a season-best 25:22.3 to finish 55th overall.

Freshman Trevor Stewart crossed three places later, establishing a personal best of 25:25.0. Daniel Shaver completed Humboldt's scoring group with another personal-best performance, finishing 89th in 25:57.4.

The Lumberjacks' five scoring runners earned adjusted positions of 30th, 40th, 47th, 48th and 68th to finish with 233 points. Humboldt placed two points ahead of Eastern Oregon and 14 points ahead of Fresno State.

Jared Hayes and Kees Van Der Meer served as Humboldt's displacement runners and each established a personal best. Hayes finished in 25:57.7, while Van Der Meer followed in 26:01.5.

Freshman Jack Butterfield crossed in 26:03.7 to give Humboldt eight finishers within approximately 66 seconds of one another.

The seventh-place result gave the Lumberjacks their third top-seven finish through the opening three meets of the season.

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Humboldt will compete at the Bronco Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 17.

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