More than 650 runners competed Saturday in the NAIA cross country championships at Rim Rock Farm, including a few locally from Haskell Indian Nations University and Baker University.

The Baker men’s cross country team placed 31st overall out of 36 teams. The Wildcats received an automatic bid to the meet for winning the Heart of America Athletic Conference.

Sophomore Jamie Steury was the No. 1 runner for BU, clocking in with an 8,000-meter time of 27:16.70, which was good for 202nd place out of 320 competitors.

The Wildcats’ Nos. 2-4 runners packed closely behind Steury, with Gunnar Hayes, Corey Matteson and Eddie Esquivel all finishing between 27:30 and 27:40. Senior Vinny Tadokoro, freshman Joe Linder and sophomore Carter Breithaupt rounded out the competitors for Baker.

Haskell’s Tony McCabe was the lone men’s runner who competed for HINU after qualifying individually from the Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference. McCabe placed 278th with a time of 28:33.

In the women’s 5,000-meter race, Baker’s Rachel Ash placed 170th out of the field of 336 runners with a time of 19:52.7. Haskell’s Angela Big Bow and Talisa Budder finished with respective times of 21:07.60 and 21:42.90.

Oklahoma City won the meet on the men’s side with 55 points, and the British Columbia women’s squad took home its third consecutive team title with 43 points.