PARKLAND A pair of Pacific Lutheran student-athletes celebrated Homecoming weekend with success that warranted Northwest Conference recognition, with both earning Student-Athlete of the Week honors for the second time this season.

SALEM More than 320 runners from 19 different schools competed at the 41st Charles Bowles Willamette Cross Country Invitational, and Pacific Lutheran's Brad Hodkinson and Shailee R. Woodard led the way for the Lutes on a sunny Saturday in Bush Park.

SEATTLE, Wash. Competing against nearly 500 racers from close to 30 different schools, the Pacific Lutheran cross country team finished 15th on the men's side and 21st on the women's side at the Sundodger Invitational Saturday morning at Lincoln Park.

HILLSBORO, Ore. Following a weekend that included six team victories and an individual meet championships, a quartet of Pacific Lutheran student-athletes from three different teams earned Northwest Conference Student-Athlete of the Week honors.

Athletics at PLU has sustained an elite status throughout every era of its 115-year history. Competing at both the NAIA Division II and NCAA Division III levels (since 1996), PLU teams have won 11 national championships and claimed regional or conferen...

YAKIMA Running in only his second collegiate race and battling temperatures in the mid-80s, Pacific Lutheran freshman Brad Hodkinson finished 25 seconds ahead of the next runner to win the men's 6k and lead the Lutes at the Central Washington Univers...

PARKLAND Putting to practice Pacific Lutheran's mission of service to the community, the PLU cross country squads took a break from preseason training to devote six hours of volunteer work at Habitat for Humanity last week.

PARKLAND When the Pacific Lutheran cross country teams open the 2015 season this weekend, they'll do so with a lot of new faces joining the returners and taking aim at an improved finish at the Northwest Conference championship meet.

LAKEWOOD, Wash. A total of three Pacific Lutheran runners finished among the top five competitors between the two races as the Lute cross country teams placed second in the team standings of both the men's and women's races at the 2015 season-opening...

PARKLAND The Pacific Lutheran cross country programs will feature some new talent for the 2015 season as 18 new recruits will look to help the Lutes climb the rankings when they host the Northwest Conference Championship in October.