Both women’s and men’s cross country teams continued their impressive seasons with second-place finishes Oct. 31 in Modesto at the Big 8 Championships.

The men finished second with a total of 42 points in the four-mile run. Jaime Silva came in third with a time of 19:43:40. Next, in eighth place was Cristian Nazarek. Jesse Fenn took ninth and Matt Taylor rounded out the top 10. Logan Stanley was 18th, Jon Ahnberg finished 20th and Grant Jeffcoat finished 30th.

The women finished second with a total of 61 points in the three-mile run. Leading the women was Taylor Faulk in second place with a time of 18:25:20. Liz Huerta was eighth, Tori Dwyer was ninth and Mariana Lecoeuche finished in 18th. Karla Torres took 24th place and Kelly Birkland grabbed 25th.

The next meet is the State Championships, 10 a.m. Nov. 23 in Fresno.