SPOKANE -- Aaron Galbraith and Taryn Joyce-Mendive helped the Lewis-Clark State men's and women's cross country teams to third-place finishes Saturday in the Bigfoot Open, a meet put on by the Community Colleges of Spokane.

With a time of 26:09, Galbraith took seventh in the men's race. Joyce-Mendive finished fourth in the women's race, running a time of 19:10.

The L-C women had four runners finish in the top 15, prompting coach Mike Collins to call it the "best team performance we've had since 2002."

MEN

Team results -- 1, Community Colleges of Spokane 32; 2, University of Calgary 56; 3, Lewis-Clark State 61; 4, Whitworth 80; 5, Whitman 132.

Overall winner -- Jeff Kerr, UC, 25:00

Top L-C finishers -- 7, Aaron Galbraith 26:09; 10, Ciprian Nitoi 26:22; 11, Anton Sousa 26:26; 18, Victor Palma 27:20; 29, Keith Nebeker 27:56.

WOMEN

Team results -- 1, University of Calgary 22; 2, Whitworth 56; 3, L-C 64; 4, Whitman 123; 5, CCS 124.

Overall winner -- Shannon Popowich, UC, 18:08

Top L-C finishers -- 4, Taryn Joyce-Mendive 19:10; 12, Emily Perkins 19:34; 14, Darrah Hocum 19:44; 15, April Homan 19:55; 23, Jenny Jensen 20:13.