GUNNISON, Colo. – Western State Colorado University hosted the annual Mountaineer/Cowboy Invite on a warm and sunny morning in Gunnison. But, it was more than just the temperature as the Mountaineers brought the heat as well. Both teams won the meet, including a perfect score of 15 points for the Western women. 
 
A week after running a partial roster and falling to the top-ranked Adams State Grizzlies, Western put all of their varsity on the line at the Mountaineer/Cowboy Invite. In the process, Western put their competitors on notice displaying a dominant pack for the first time in many years. 
 
At the Mountaineer/Cowboy Invite, four Western women hit the line hand-in-hand looking quite collected at 18:28.7. Sophie Seward, Alicja Konieczek, Kennedy Rufener, and Aneta Konieczek closed out the race together after running in formation for the whole affair. 
 
Following a solid showing last weekend, Cassidy Ahrens continued to progressing finishing fifth overall and in fifth position for Western in 18:42.1 to close out the scoring with the sweep and 15 point tally.
 
Showing massive improvement in a week's time, Sarah Laverty finished seventh overall in 18:48.9 while new look Malindi Congour continued to impress as Western's seventh runner, finishing in 18:59 for 12^thplace. 
 
In the men's race, Western saw a more competitive field as CSU-Pueblo and an incomplete Adams State squad entered the meet. But, the Thunderwolves would be no match for the Mountaineers as Western took the win 36-53. 
 
For the second week in a row, Taylor Stack led the Mountaineers to the line finishing second in 26:16.9. Ross Husch finished next for the Mountaineers in 26:23.8, good enough for fourth overall. 
 
Redshirt freshman, Charlie Sweeney continued a streak of strong running capturing seventh place in 26:39.9.
 
Evan Sutherland would finish as Western's fourth-man for the second week in a row with a 26:59.8 clocking. For the first time this fall, Juan Diaz found himself in scoring position for Western with a 27:26.7 effort which landed him in 18^th. 
 
Following the effort, Western will focus on training for several weeks before running split squads at the Lewis University Conference Crossover and the Roadrunner Invite on October, 6.