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COLUMBIA, Mo. – The Ok-State males’s and girls’s cross nation groups wrapped up the common season with continued progress on the Pre-National Invitational on Friday (October 17) on the Gans Creek Cross Country Course.
The girls’s staff completed the primary 6k race of the season in 19th place with 543 factors, the boys’s staff positioned 25th with 672 factors within the 8k. The BYU girls claimed the title by a landslide with simply 25 factors whereas Georgia’s males received with 119 factors.
The Wildcats high two finishers within the girls’s race, senior Cecilia Fisher and sophomore Stella Miner, each completed with Ok-State top-25 occasions beneath 21 minutes as a part of the primary 100 finishers. Fisher, inserting 61st total with a brand new private finest time of 20:40.6, jumps up within the college data to no. 8 all-time. It was her quickest race since her sophomore yr by 25 seconds. Miner, in simply her second collegiate 6k race, completed with a time of 20:56.3 in 82nd place, the no. 13 spot within the report books.
The subsequent three girls to cross the end line beneath 22 minutes was senior Grace Meyer (115th; 21:11.8), junior Vienna Lahner (129th; 21:17.9) and junior Paige Baker (205th; 21:58.6). Lahner additionally ran her second 6k, over a minute sooner from her lone race her freshman yr at Adams State.
Two freshmen girls ran the primary 6k of their collegiate careers, Payton Fink (234th; 22:08.4) and Hanna Keltner (240th; 22:11.4).
Sophomore Jackson Esquibel continues to steer the boys’s staff within the 8k, ending 80th at 24:26.6, two seconds sooner than his earlier race to advance one spot to no. 15 within the Ok-State males’s data.
Sophomore Brock Olsen is staying constant as effectively, crossing the end line at 25:02.1, second for the Wildcats males as soon as once more at 131st place. Freshman Logan Beckman had a greater displaying for his second 8k with a time of 25:17.7 in 160th place.
Upperclassmen, junior Jacob Norris (176th; 25:29.8) and senior Julian Avila (196th; 25:41.5) additionally ran effectively, Norris working nearer to his private finest from the Bradley Pink Classic final season.
Ok-State will begin the postseason with the Big 12 Championship on Friday, October 31, simply down the street in Lawrence, Kan., at Rim Rock Farm hosted by Kansas.
FROM THE COURSE
Head Coach Kate Bucknam
On the ladies’s staff being constant to start out the season…
“Obviously we kind of ran a similar race as we did two weeks ago, where we really moved through the race. You look at where we were at 2k versus where we were finishing is just drastic. So, you know, I think that strategy works good in these bigger meets. Cecilia had a huge PR, she’s on a roll, Grace was really consistent, Stella had a great day. We didn’t race Christine [Jerono] just we want to keep her healthy for the postseason.”
On the development for the boys’s staff of their second 8k this season…
“They needed tough competition. I definitely feel like we’re taking steps in the right direction. You know, forward progress is being made and that showed for some guys like Logan and Jacob, who moved well through the race. For the guys, it’s really all about experience and getting them exposed to these high level meets.”
On the technique going into the Big 12 Championship…
“It’s a different type of meet where it’s much smaller meet, you know. These last couple meets had, I don’t know what Notre Dame had, but this one had 39 teams in the women’s races, so we’re gonna go from that to 14. I think it’s gonna be good for us, obviously KU, a lot of the kids are really familiar with it, so I think that’s going to play into our favor. I think we can manage a tougher course like that.”
Women’s Team Finishes (6k)
1. BYU, 25 factors
2. Villanova, 170 pts
3. Missouri, 216 pts
4. Tennessee, 219 pts
5. Florida State, 255 pts
6. Clemson, 286 pts
7. Boston College, 306 pts
8. Arkansas, 309 pts
9. Liberty, 325 pts
10. Kentucky, 330 pts
19. Ok-State, 543 pts
Ok-State’s Individual Results
61. Cecilia Fisher, 20:40.6 (PR)
82. Stella Miner, 20:56.3 (PR)
115. Grace Meyer, 21:11.8
129. Vienna Lahner, 21:17.9 (PR)
205. Paige Baker, 21:58.6
234. Payton Fink, 22:08.4
240. Hanna Keltner, 22:11.4
267. Alexa Rios, 22:29.1 (PR)
269. Bree Allen, 22:30.4
Men’s Team Finishes (8k)
1. Georgia, 119 factors
2. Missouri, 164 pts
3. Ole Miss, 178 pts
4. Texas, 183 pts
5. Loyola (Ill.), 192 pts
6. Minnesota, 257 pts
7. Wichita State, 265 pts
8. Arkansas, 270 pts
9. Purdue, 291 pts
10. Florida, 293 pts
25. Ok-State, 672 pts
Ok-State’s Individual Results
80. Jackson Esquibel, 24:26.6 (PR)
131. Brock Olsen, 25:02.1
160. Logan Beckman, 25:17.7 (PR)
176. Jacob Norris, 25:29.8
196. Julian Avila, 25:41.5
208. Dylan Plath, 25:49.5 (PR)
219. Canyon Buehler, 26:00.4
233. Caleb Prettyman, 26:14.7
The girls’s staff completed the primary 6k race of the season in 19th place with 543 factors, the boys’s staff positioned 25th with 672 factors within the 8k. The BYU girls claimed the title by a landslide with simply 25 factors whereas Georgia’s males received with 119 factors.
The Wildcats high two finishers within the girls’s race, senior Cecilia Fisher and sophomore Stella Miner, each completed with Ok-State top-25 occasions beneath 21 minutes as a part of the primary 100 finishers. Fisher, inserting 61st total with a brand new private finest time of 20:40.6, jumps up within the college data to no. 8 all-time. It was her quickest race since her sophomore yr by 25 seconds. Miner, in simply her second collegiate 6k race, completed with a time of 20:56.3 in 82nd place, the no. 13 spot within the report books.
The subsequent three girls to cross the end line beneath 22 minutes was senior Grace Meyer (115th; 21:11.8), junior Vienna Lahner (129th; 21:17.9) and junior Paige Baker (205th; 21:58.6). Lahner additionally ran her second 6k, over a minute sooner from her lone race her freshman yr at Adams State.
Two freshmen girls ran the primary 6k of their collegiate careers, Payton Fink (234th; 22:08.4) and Hanna Keltner (240th; 22:11.4).
Sophomore Jackson Esquibel continues to steer the boys’s staff within the 8k, ending 80th at 24:26.6, two seconds sooner than his earlier race to advance one spot to no. 15 within the Ok-State males’s data.
Sophomore Brock Olsen is staying constant as effectively, crossing the end line at 25:02.1, second for the Wildcats males as soon as once more at 131st place. Freshman Logan Beckman had a greater displaying for his second 8k with a time of 25:17.7 in 160th place.
Upperclassmen, junior Jacob Norris (176th; 25:29.8) and senior Julian Avila (196th; 25:41.5) additionally ran effectively, Norris working nearer to his private finest from the Bradley Pink Classic final season.
Ok-State will begin the postseason with the Big 12 Championship on Friday, October 31, simply down the street in Lawrence, Kan., at Rim Rock Farm hosted by Kansas.
FROM THE COURSE
Head Coach Kate Bucknam
On the ladies’s staff being constant to start out the season…
“Obviously we kind of ran a similar race as we did two weeks ago, where we really moved through the race. You look at where we were at 2k versus where we were finishing is just drastic. So, you know, I think that strategy works good in these bigger meets. Cecilia had a huge PR, she’s on a roll, Grace was really consistent, Stella had a great day. We didn’t race Christine [Jerono] just we want to keep her healthy for the postseason.”
On the development for the boys’s staff of their second 8k this season…
“They needed tough competition. I definitely feel like we’re taking steps in the right direction. You know, forward progress is being made and that showed for some guys like Logan and Jacob, who moved well through the race. For the guys, it’s really all about experience and getting them exposed to these high level meets.”
On the technique going into the Big 12 Championship…
“It’s a different type of meet where it’s much smaller meet, you know. These last couple meets had, I don’t know what Notre Dame had, but this one had 39 teams in the women’s races, so we’re gonna go from that to 14. I think it’s gonna be good for us, obviously KU, a lot of the kids are really familiar with it, so I think that’s going to play into our favor. I think we can manage a tougher course like that.”
Women’s Team Finishes (6k)
1. BYU, 25 factors
2. Villanova, 170 pts
3. Missouri, 216 pts
4. Tennessee, 219 pts
5. Florida State, 255 pts
6. Clemson, 286 pts
7. Boston College, 306 pts
8. Arkansas, 309 pts
9. Liberty, 325 pts
10. Kentucky, 330 pts
19. Ok-State, 543 pts
Ok-State’s Individual Results
61. Cecilia Fisher, 20:40.6 (PR)
82. Stella Miner, 20:56.3 (PR)
115. Grace Meyer, 21:11.8
129. Vienna Lahner, 21:17.9 (PR)
205. Paige Baker, 21:58.6
234. Payton Fink, 22:08.4
240. Hanna Keltner, 22:11.4
267. Alexa Rios, 22:29.1 (PR)
269. Bree Allen, 22:30.4
Men’s Team Finishes (8k)
1. Georgia, 119 factors
2. Missouri, 164 pts
3. Ole Miss, 178 pts
4. Texas, 183 pts
5. Loyola (Ill.), 192 pts
6. Minnesota, 257 pts
7. Wichita State, 265 pts
8. Arkansas, 270 pts
9. Purdue, 291 pts
10. Florida, 293 pts
25. Ok-State, 672 pts
Ok-State’s Individual Results
80. Jackson Esquibel, 24:26.6 (PR)
131. Brock Olsen, 25:02.1
160. Logan Beckman, 25:17.7 (PR)
176. Jacob Norris, 25:29.8
196. Julian Avila, 25:41.5
208. Dylan Plath, 25:49.5 (PR)
219. Canyon Buehler, 26:00.4
233. Caleb Prettyman, 26:14.7
— k-statesports.com —
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