oklahoma state cross country
OKLAHOMA STATE CROSS COUNTRY NCAA Midwest Regionals | Newman Golf Course | Peoria, Ill. | Nov. 13, 2010 | 12 p.m. OSU Media Relations Contact: Sean Maguire ([email protected])
2010 Men’s XC Roster Name............................. Year........................ Hometown/Previous School Jeff Arnier ..................... Fr........................................ Arlington, Texas/Lamar Jacob Benn .................. Fr............... San Antonio, Texas/John Paul Stevens Raul Botezan ................ RFr......................................Cluj-Napoca, Romania Kevin Colon .................. Fr.................. Kansas City, Mo./Lee’s Summit West Kirubel Erassa .............. Fr.........................................Grayson, Ga./Grayson Tom Farrell .................... RFr.................................. Carlisle, United Kingdom German Fernandez ...... Jr................................. Riverbank, Calif./Riverbank Eric Fitzpatrick .............. Fr...............................................Boise, Idaho/Boise Sean Fleming ............... Sr................................ Regina, Sask., Can./O’Neill Ryan Gibson ................. RFr......................................Duncan, Okla./Duncan Ryan Little .................... Jr......................... Eden Prairie, Minn./Eden Prairie Colby Lowe ................... Jr......................................Southlake, Texas/Carroll Joseph Manilafasha ..... RFr..............................Denver, Colo./Denver North Matt McElroy ................. Fr.......................... Huntington Beach, Calif./Edison Girma Mecheso ............ Jr............................. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia/Auburn Taylor Monaghan .......... RFr...................................Tulsa, Okla./Tulsa Union Shane Moskowitz ......... Fr......................... Silverdale, Wash./Central Kitsap Mark Nelson ................. Sr.. Oklahoma City, Okla./Phillips Exeter Academy David Osborn ............... Fr.................................Chesterton, Ind./Chesterton Tyler Payton ................. Fr...................................................... Jay, Okla./Jay Ryan Prentice ............... So............................. Seattle, Wash./Mount Rainier Klaus Schmidt .............. RFr........................... Tivoli, N.Y./Red Hook Central Neal Smith .................... Fr......................................Southlake, Texas/Carroll Johnathan Stublaski ..... Jr.................................. Eagan, Minn./Henry Sibley Nick Thorp .................... Fr........................ McKinney, Texas/McKinney Boyd Bryan Wilson ................ RFr.................................. Edmond, Okla./Memorial
The Basics The second-ranked Cowboy cross country team will try to defend its 2009 national championship Monday, as Oklahoma State heads to the NCAA Championships at the LaVern Gibson Championship Course in Terre Haute, Ind. It is the eighth-straight NCAA Cross Country Championships appearance for the men’s squad and the first women’s appearance since 2005. The action is scheduled to get underway at 12:08 p.m. with the start of the women’s 6,000-meter championship race, followed by the start of the men’s 10,000-meter championship race at 12:48 p.m.
OSU Lineups The top athletes from the men’s and women’s teams will represent Oklahoma State Monday. While several athletes are registered to run, only seven will race. Tom Farrell, German Fernandez Sean Fleming, Colby Lowe, Joseph Manilafasha, Matt McElroy, Girma Mecheso, Shane Moskowitz, Ryan Prentice and Jonathan Stublaski are registered for the men’s squad, while Jori Davis, Victoria 2010 Women’s XC Roster Fratczak, Ruth-Anne Hadjis, Victoria Name............................. Year........................ Hometown/Previous School Hanna, Kate Kujawa, Felicity Milton, Teran Alexis Alexander ........... RFr...............New Braunfels, Texas/New Braunfels Mixon, Natalija Piliusina and Mihaela Susa Brandi Andrews ............ Jr................ Chattanooga, Tenn./Girls Prep School are on the women’s list. Mihaela Bobos .............. Fr.........................................Cluj-Napoca, Romania Jackie Campos ............. So....................... Santa Teresa, N.M./Santa Teresa Emily Cloud .................. RFr................................. Stillwater, Okla./Stillwater Jori Davis ...................... Fr................................... Piedmont, Okla./Piedmont Jenny Dyer ................... Fr............................... Collinsville, Okla./Collinsville Victoria Fratczak ........... Jr...... Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada/Dartmouth Melanie Funke .............. So................................................ Minot, N.D./Minot Caileigh Glenn .............. Fr.... Newmarket, Ont., Can./Sacred Heart Catholic Ruth-Anne Hadjis ......... Fr....................Colorado Springs, Colo./Pine Creek Victoria Hanna .............. Fr...........Oshawa, Ont., Can./R.S. McLaughlin CVI Laura Heaton ................ Jr...................................... Amarillo, Texas/Tascosa Kate Kujawa ................. RFr.........Regina, Sask., Can./Campbell Collegiate Felicity Milton ................ Sr.................................Oakham, Rutland, England Teran Mixon .................. Sr....................................Coalgate, Okla./Coalgate Kaitlin O’Hagan ............ Fr............... Markham, Ont., Can./Markham District Natalja Piliusina ............ Fr.............................................. Klaipeda, Lithuania Katy Puterka ................. Fr..........................Shepherdstown, WVa./Stillwater Aven Sanders................ RFr...........................Hennessey, Okla./Hennessey Mihaela Susa ................ Sr........................................Cluj-Napoca, Romania Kendra Woodson .......... Jr.............................Farmington, N.M./Piedra Vista Janelle Wright ............... Fr............................... Midwest City, Okla./Choctaw
Coaches: Dave Smith, Director of Cross Country and Track and Field John Baumann, Assistant Coach - Throws Zivile Pukstiene, Assistant Coach - Jumps Bobby Lockhart, Assistant Coach - Distance Sean McCabe, Assistant Coach - Distance Brionne Yosten, Assistant Coach - Distance
Last Time Out The OSU cross country program qualified both the men’s and women’s squads for the national meet after each team finished second at the NCAA Midwest Regionals. It marked the first time since 2005 that
both squads have qualified for the meet in the same year. Colby Lowe claimed the individual championship for the men, while Mihaela Susa anchored the women’s squad with an eighth-place finish. 2009 in Review The 2009 season was perhaps the best season in the history of Oklahoma State cross country for the men’s team. The Cowboys captured their second Big 12 Championship in two years, and added their second NCAA Championship, their first since 1954. Senior Ryan Vail won the individual Big 12 championship and was joined in the top four by three of his teammates. OSU went on to win its fifth NCAA Regional Championship before winning the NCAA Championships. The Cowgirls were led all season by star runner Mihaela Susa who narrowly missed out on notching her third straight All-Big 12 honor. Susa showed up strong at regionals to win her third straight AllRegion honor and an at-large bid to the NCAA Championships. OSU in the Polls The Oklahoma State men have been ranked in the top two in the USTFCCCA rankings for the entire 2010 season. The Cowboys enter the national meet ranked second and holding more first-place votes than any other team. The Cowgirls started the year unranked, but have consistently risen in the polls with good performances. They enter the NCAA Championships at 19th, their highest ranking of the year.
2010 Cross Country Schedules/Results * denotes a race where OSU won the individual title
Men Sat., Sept. 4............ Hurricane Invitational...................... Tulsa, Okla.........................*5-0 Sat., Sept. 25.......... Cowboy Jamboree.......................... Stillwater, Okla................... *1st Sat., Oct. 16........... Chile Pepper Festival...................... Fayetteville, Ark................. *1st Sat., Oct. 30........... Big 12 Championships.................... Stillwater, Okla................... *1st Sat., Nov. 13........... NCAA Midwest Regionals............... Peoria, Ill...........................*2nd Mon. Nov. 22.......... NCAA Championships.................... Terre Haute, Ind...... 12:48 p.m.
Women Sat., Sept. 4............ Hurricane Invitational...................... Tulsa, Okla.......................... 4-1 Sat., Sept. 25.......... Cowboy Jamboree.......................... Stillwater, Okla................... *1st Sat., Oct. 16........... Chile Pepper Festival...................... Fayetteville, Ark...................1st Sat., Oct. 30........... Big 12 Championships.................... Stillwater, Okla.................... 4th Sat., Nov. 13........... NCAA Midwest Regionals............... Peoria, Ill............................ 2nd Mon. Nov. 22.......... NCAA Championships.................... Terre Haute, Ind...... 12:08 p.m.
Pokes’ Quotes Coach Dave Smith On how he feels about the race “I am cautiously optimistic. It is just a real battle right now. I think Stanford is probably the best team on paper and Wisconsin has closed the gap over the last few weeks, and I think they are about equal to us. There is a three team battle on the men’s side right now. Last year we had a lot of wiggle room. German Fernandez finished 97th, and we still won. We don’t have that this year. Everything has to go right this year. Last year we were way out in front, after Stanford blew up. This year things have to go well for us.” On where the team is heading into nationals “This is about where I hoped we’d be. I probably was hoping for a little more stability in our fifth man, knowing who he was, how he was running, and being consistent all year long. We haven’t had that. We’ve had Jonathan Stublaski run well as our fifth man, we’ve had Joseph Manilafasha run well as our fifth man, but we haven’t had a lot of consistency. I am a little nervous about that. Stanford has the same weakness, but Wisconsin has the best fifth man in the country right now. They just don’t quite have the upfront power that Stanford does.” On how OSU will approach the race “We are going to go out there and run our race plan. We are well prepared, we are fit, we are ready to go, and as long as we run as intelligently and as hard as we can, we can’t control how anyone else does. We have to run our perfect race, the chips may fall and we may win or we may not, but we will walk out of there knowing we did everything we could to win.” On what it takes to win “We have referenced the fact that last year in the middle of the race it looked to us like we had blown our chance to win a national championship, and as it turned out we ended up sneaking one out over Oregon. In that race you never know. From 30th place to 100th place, it is two guys per second, so every second counts. Last year we won by 16 points, this year it could be one, two, three points. Which means one guy ran two seconds faster, or four guys ran a half a second faster and that is the difference. It is going to take a perfect race by our entire squad to make it happen.” On the fifth man “We’ve got seven guys that could be a great fifth man, but we only get to run three of them. Picking from the seven is very tough on us as coaches because we have to try and figure out who is hot right now by their body language, by the way they warm up the days leading up to the race. It is hard to guess. Last year we had the same situation where I didn’t know to run David Chirchir or Daniel Watts and I picked Chirchir so he ended up being our sixth guy. It is really hard to look those guys that want to run in the eye and say you aren’t going out there today. That part isn’t fun, but it is nice to have so many to choose from. It is a blessing and a curse I think.” On what he tells the athletes leading up to the race “What I tell all of our guys is that we are taking 12 guys up there and you have to approach this race like you are racing on Monday and you will be the fifth man. They probably won’t know until Monday when we step out on that course who is running and who isn’t. So they have to approach it like they are going to race. Even the guy that is 12th guy can’t assume anything; they have to go out like they are going to be running that day.” On his goals are for the women’s team “The women are currently ranked 19th. Like I was telling them, in the years leading up to the championship, the men always out-perform their best ranking of that year. I told the women I want to do the same thing. Our highest ranking is 19th, so let’s do better than that. We are going to run our race plan and run our race as intelligently as we can and run as hard as we can and hopefully that will put us in a place higher than 19th. There are a bunch of women that work really hard. They are a lot more focused than I thought they’d be. It is important to them and they work extremely hard. Distance running is a blue-collar sport, the harder you work; you are going to get divi-
dends. I have seen them grow up and mature over the last six months, and especially over the last three months of season they have been a focused group. When I said let’s get better than 19th I think they took it as an insult because they have higher goals than that.” On Mihaela Susa “She has been amazing for this program. She still has track left, but this will be her last cross country race. She has been a great ambassador for the team. When we bring recruits in, she is great with them. She leads by example; no one works harder than Mihaela. She will work herself to death if you let her. Her hard work paid off for her last year. She made it to cross country nationals, indoor nationals and outdoor nationals. She was the only athlete at OSU to do that. No guy did it. A lot of the women on the team that watched her discipline and her drive have learned from her.” On how he feels about the women’s performance this year “I am super proud of the women. We talked about how we were going to qualify for nationals because you want them to think positively at the beginning of the season, but in the back of my mind I thought that was a 30/70 proposition, that it was going to take a few more years to get there. They’ve matured a ton, they’ve worked really hard, and now we are there. I am just really proud of what they have done.” On the possibility of bad weather “Bad weather separates the tough from the un-tough. I think we are a pretty tough team. We don’t have an indoor track; we do all of our training outside. It gives people that are tough an advantage. I would love for it to be 32 degrees with sideways rain; I think that would be great. But it doesn’t look like we are going to get that.” On the team “There isn’t a better fourth man in the country than Tom Farrell. If we were racing a four man meet, I would be extremely confident that we would win this meet, but it is a five man meet. Having that comfort and level of confidence in the top four, guys like Colby and German and Girma, they understand it. German has run in world championships. Colby and Girma are All-Americans. Those guys know what to do, and they are almost like coaches themselves. Those three, they have a race plan. Tom is going to have a different race plan than he has had in the past. The back three are just going to try and run as good fifth men.” On the NCAA Championships “I think that the cross country national championship is one of the greatest sporting events there is. I love March Madness because of the drama and tension, but there is almost more tension at this meet because you have the 31 best teams in the country all laying it on the line. It will all be decided in 30 minutes. It is everybody against everybody, winner take all, no mistakes. Every mistake you make is amplified because you have 250 runners in there. So that is a lot of pressure, a lot of intensity, and for guys that aren’t used to it, that can be very intense. It can be overwhelming, and a lot of guys crumble. I have seen good teams crumble under that pressure. We have three guys running for us that have never run in this race. So we are just hoping that they will go and handle it under pressure.”
2010 Big 12 Championships Schedule Women’s Race.................. 6K............................. 12:08 p.m.
Men’s Race........................ 10K.......................... 12:48 p.m.
NCAA Championships | LaVern Gibson XC Course | Terre Haute, Ind. | Nov. 22, 2010
Pokes’ Quotes Men’s Athlete German Fernandez On the NCAA Midwest Regionals “At regionals we went out there knowing we would take first or second, but we didn’t want to go out and kill ourselves, just wanted to qualify and run as a pack out there. It was kind of sad not winning regionals, but we qualified and that is all that matters in the end. Going into Nationals all we can do is just go out and compete and let the best team win.” On what another national championship would mean “I would be speechless. It would be great for OSU, for Dave Smith, for all the guys that have been working hard since this summer. It is going to be epic there.” On the race plan “We haven’t really talked about our plan yet. We still have a couple more days before the race. Dave will be thinking through it. Pretty much it will be me, Colby and Girma in the front, Tom in the middle, and a couple of guys in the back, doing what we do best. The last 2k it is all or nothing.” On the team this year “We are more confident, and we are more experienced. Colby and I have been in the national caliber for the past few years. We always have other guys that can back us up too. It just gives us a lot of confidence if you are having a bad day knowing there is someone there to back you up.” On going for individual honors “We will see. Maybe it isn’t my year, but I am not worried about that. I am just trying to win us a national championship that is what matters. We just want to be on the podium and be holding that trophy.”
On the possibility of bad weather “The worse the weather, the better it is. You never know what you are going to get on the day of the race. You just have to go out there and run, it is all about who is the strongest and who wants it more.” On what he likes about the team “The best thing about this team is the depth and how strong everybody is and how competitive everyone is. No one ever gives up. This group wants to do what the team before them did, the strength and mentality this team has is what makes them winners.” On replacing top talent from last year with comparable talent this year “It is a very confident feeling. You are going into the year where people were saying that we lost people and we shouldn’t be as good, but we never made that an excuse. The guys that we recruited here were recruited to fill that job, and they have done great at doing that. It is a good feeling to have people step up and run in that spot and do good.” On the other teams competing at nationals “In this race you are going to have multiple good teams. Some teams you aren’t sure if they will be a factor, but you have to go out there and run for the win. The only thing that we can control is ourselves and where we need to be. If we go out there and win, then we win, but if we lose we want to leave knowing we performed well and did everything we could.”
Women’s Athlete Mihaela Susa
On how the Cowboys rank heading into the meet “We are one of the top five teams. We just have to be mentally ready, physically we are there and we just have to be ready when it comes to race day.”
On the race “I am feeling very excited for Monday. It is an awesome feeling to have the whole team with me because last year I was by myself. It is a weird feeling to be around 260 girls by yourself. I am very proud of the girls for making it to nationals as a team for the first time in six years. It is my senior year so I told them at the beginning of the year I wanted to make it as a team. We qualified automatically.”
On Stanford “Stanford is a really good team, they have a one-two-three threat. We just have to be there to compete with them. The national championship is going to take the whole team to win, I think we have more depth than them, but you never know what is going to happen.”
On making the NCAA Championships as a team “Every single athlete has a dream to expect more and more. We weren’t sure if we would make it or not, but Dave believed in us. In the beginning of the season we weren’t sure how we would perform as a team because we are young. We surprised ourselves in a good way.”
On last year’s title motivating them this year “It is good to know we are defending our title, but no one knows what is going to happen. We will see what happens. We are just going to do what we do best. We can dream about it, but we aren’t there yet.”
On having her teammates with her at nationals “It is a big advantage to have the whole team there. Having my teammates there you have more control and have more fun. I get to look to my right and to my left and I see them and it gives me more determination to do better for them and for the team.”
Men’s Athlete Colby Lowe On the NCAA Championships “I mean I am excited. This is what we have been waiting for, it is something we have been working for and preparing for all year. We are going to go out there and perform hard. It will be a hard race. There will be a lot of good teams out there and we just need to go out there and end the year on a good note.”
On the possibility of bad weather “The weather does affect me, but I try not to let it. But you can prepare yourselves mentally and be ready for it. The strong people will run better than the ones that let it affect them. You just have to go to the race with a positive outlook.”
On what another NCAA Championship would mean “The feeling would just be unbelievable. There are not many teams that can repeat, and to win the first one is always the hardest and it gets even harder to win again. To win again would be another great thing for the program and for the guys. All the stuff that you have to overcome, and to rebuild again, it would just be amazing to win again.” On how OSU will approach the race “We are just going to run how we always do. At this point, we will go a little different to how the race will go. This is a different race that we will be running. That is our strength to do things right and precise just to go out there and get things done.” NCAA Championships | LaVern Gibson XC Course | Terre Haute, Ind. | Nov. 22, 2010
2010 Team Results Men Hurricane Festival (5-0)
Sept. 4, 2010 :: Mohawk Park :: Tulsa, Okla. :: 4 miles Pl Athlete Time 1 Tom Farrell 19:54 2 Ryan Prentice 19:59 3 Sean Fleming 20:01 11 Joseph Manilafasha 20:13 13 Taylor Monaghan 20:19 Dual Results OSU def. John Brown, 15-40 OSU def. Oklahoma, 19-36 OSU def. Oklahoma Wesleyan, 15-40 OSU def. Oral Roberts, 15-40 OSU def. Tulsa, 26-30
Cowboy Jamboree (1st Place)
Sept. 25, 2010 :: OSU XC Course :: Stillwater, Okla. :: 8,000 meters Pl Athlete Time 1 Girma Mecheso 23:46.17 5 Colby Lowe 24:28.59 6 German Fernandez 24:28.74 7 Tom Farrell 24:28.80 9 Johnathan Stublaski 24:47.82 11 Matthew McElroy 24:55.69 13 Joseph Manilafasha 25:00.51 23 Sean Fleming 25:25.77 43 Taylor Monaghan 26:11.68 59 Ryan Little 26:37.67
Chile Pepper Festival (1st Place)
Oct. 16, 2010 :: Arkansas XC Course :: Fayetteville, Ark. :: 10,000 meters Pl Athlete Time 1 Colby Lowe 29:10.97 2 Tom Farrell 29:14.89 3 German Fernandez 29:15.28 4 Girma Mecheso 29:21.06 14 Johnathan Stublaski 29:52.06 22 Sean Fleming 30:12.13 27 Shane Moskowitz (UNAT) 30:20.13 41 Joseph Manilafasha 30:33.43 43 Ryan Prentice 30:34.98
14 Jackie Campos 17 Brandi Andrews 21 Laura Heaton Dual Results OSU def. John Brown, 15-50 OSU def. Oklahoma, 23-37 OSU def. Oklahoma Wesleyan, 15-50 OSU def. Oral Roberts, 17-46 Tulsa def. OSU, 18-37
11:29 11:44 12:05
Cowboy Jamboree (1st Place)
Sept. 25, 2010 :: OSU XC Course :: Stillwater, Okla. :: 6,000 meters Pl Athlete Time 1 Mihaela Susa 21:10.53 4 Victoria Fratczak 21:31.69 5 Natalja Piluisina 21:35.55 6 Felicity Milton 21:37.19 9 Kate Kujawa 21:56.25 12 Victoria Hanna 22:13.30 19 Melanie Funke 22:38.11 38 Brandi Andrews 23:25.45 40 Caileigh Glenn 23:33.86 42 Laura Heaton 23:40.78 53 Jenny Dyer 24:02.85
Chile Pepper Festival (1st Place)
Oct. 16, 2010 :: Arkansas XC Course :: Fayetteville, Ark. :: 5,000 meters Pl Athlete Time 4 Mihaela Susa 17:18.96 6 Felicity Milton 17:20.14 11 Natalja Piliusina 17:43.10 21 Kate Kujawa 17:53.18 30 Victoria Fratczak 17:59.03 41 Victoria Hanna 18:12.88 55 Jori Davis 18:24.46 66 Melanie Funke 18:30.53 71 Ruth-Anne Hadjis 18:33.02 87 Teran Mixon 18:42.18 104 Brandi Andrews 18:49.81 118 Caileigh Glenn 18:59.11 208 Jenny Dyer 19:40.82 224 Laura Heaton 19:45.26 437 Aven Sanders 23:20.62
Big 12 Championships (1st Place)
Big 12 Championships (4th Place)
NCAA Midwest Regional Championships (2nd Place)
NCAA Midwest Regional Championships (2nd Place)
Oct. 30, 2010 :: OSU XC Course :: Stillwater, Okla. :: 8,000 meters Pl Athlete Time 1 Girma Mecheso 23:56.94 2 German Fernandez 23:58.20 3 Colby Lowe 23:58.37 4 Tom Farrell 24:06.63 9 Joseph Manilafasha 24:34.37 15 Ryan Prentice 24:45.36 33 Shane Moskowitz 25:23.81
Nov. 13, 2010 :: Newman Golf Course :: Peoria, Ill. :: 10,000 meters Pl Athlete Time 1 Colby Lowe 29:30.70 3 German Fernandez 29:46.44 4 Tom Farrell 29:53.38 19 Joseph Manilafasha 30:26.98 23 Ryan Prentice 30:34.05 26 Shane Moskowitz 30:42.90 32 Matt McElroy 30:54.68
Oct. 30, 2010 :: OSU XC Course :: Stillwater, Okla. :: 6,000 meters Pl Athlete Time 9 Mihaela Susa 20:37.28 14 Felicity Milton 20:46.88 16 Natalja Piliusina 20:57.06 19 Victoria Fratczak 20:59.84 32 Kate Kujawa 21:32.31 49 Victoria Hanna 21:52.40 56 Jori Davis 22:05.13
Nov. 13, 2010 :: Newman Golf Course :: Peoria, Ill. :: 6,000 meters Pl Athlete Time 8 Mihaela Susa 20:22.38 13 Felicity Milton 20:26.11 16 Natalja Piliusina 20:35.51 21 Victoria Fratczak 20:46.88 47 Kate Kujawa 21:22.00 60 Victoria Hanna 21:32.63 81 Teran Mixon 21:49.44
Women Hurricane Festival (4-1)
Sept. 4, 2010 :: Mohawk Park :: Tulsa, Okla. :: 2 miles Pl Athlete Time 3 Kate Kujawa 11:05 9 Jori Davis 11:17 10 Victoria Hanna 11:19 13 Melanie Funke 11:28
NCAA Championships | LaVern Gibson XC Course | Terre Haute, Ind. | Nov. 22, 2010
Men’s Results Tom Farrell
Pl Time Date 1 19:54 9/4/10 4 24:06.63 10/30/10 7 24:28.80 9/25/10 2 29:14.89 10/16/10 4 29:53.38 11/13/10
German Fernandez
Pl Time Date 2 23:58.20 10/30/10 6 24:28.74 9/25/10 3 29:15.28 10/16/10 3 29:46.44 11/13/10
Sean Fleming
Pl Time Date 3 20:01 9/4/10 23 25:25.77 9/25/10 22 30:12.13 10/16/10
Event Hurricane Inv. Big 12 Championships Cowboy Jamboree Chile Pepper Festival NCAA MW Regionals
Site Distance Tulsa, Okla. Four miles Stillwater, Okla. 8,000m Stillwater, Okla. 8,000m Fayetteville, Ark. 10,000m Peoria, Ill. 10,000m
Event Big 12 Championships Cowboy Jamboree Chile Pepper Festival NCAA MW Regionals
Site Distance Stillwater, Okla. 8,000m Stillwater, Okla. 8,000m Fayetteville, Ark. 10,000m Peoria, Ill. 10,000m
Event Hurricane Inv. Cowboy Jamboree Chile Pepper Festival
Site Distance Tulsa, Okla. Four miles Stillwater, Okla. 8,000m Fayetteville, Ark. 10,000m
Ryan Little
Pl Time Date Event 59 26:37.67 9/25/10 Cowboy Jamboree
Colby Lowe
Pl Time Date 3 23:58.37 10/30/10 5 24:28.59 9/25/10 1 29:10.97 10/16/10 1 29:30.70 11/13/10
Joseph Manilafasha
Pl Time Date 11 20:13 9/4/10 9 24:34.37 10/30/10 13 25:00.51 9/25/10 19 30:26.98 11/13/10 41 30:33.43 10/16/10
Site Distance Stillwater, Okla. 8,000m
Event Big 12 Championships Cowboy Jamboree Chile Pepper Festival NCAA MW Regionals
Site Distance Stillwater, Okla. 8,000m Stillwater, Okla. 8,000m Fayetteville, Ark. 10,000m Peoria, Ill. 10,000m
Event Hurricane Inv. Big 12 Championships Cowboy Jamboree NCAA MW Regionals Chile Pepper Festival
Site Distance Tulsa, Okla. Four miles Stillwater, Okla. 8,000m Stillwater, Okla. 8,000m Peoria, Ill. 10,000m Fayetteville, Ark. 10,000m
Matthew McElroy
Pl Time Date Event 11 24:55.69 9/25/10 Cowboy Jamboree 32 30:54.68 11/13/10 NCAA MW Regionals
Girma Mecheso
Pl Time Date 1 23:46.17 9/25/10 1 23:56.94 10/30/10 4 29:21.06 10/16/10
Event Cowboy Jamboree Big 12 Championships Chile Pepper Festival
Taylor Monaghan
Pl Time Date Event 13 20:19 9/4/10 Hurricane Inv. 43 26:11.68 9/25/10 Cowboy Jamboree
Shane Moskowitz
Pl Time Date 33 25:23.81 10/30/10 27 30:20.13 10/16/10 26 30:42.90 11/13/10
Ryan Prentice
Pl Time Date 2 19:59 9/4/10 15 24:45.36 10/30/10 23 30:34.05 11/13/10 43 30:34.98 10/16/10
Johnathan Stublaski
Site Distance Stillwater, Okla. 8,000m Peoria, Ill. 10,000m Site Distance Stillwater, Okla. 8,000m Stillwater, Okla. 8,000m Fayetteville, Ark. 10,000m Site Distance Tulsa, Okla. Four miles Stillwater, Okla. 8,000m
Event Big 12 Championships Chile Pepper Fest (UN) NCAA MW Regionals
Site Distance Stillwater, Okla. 8,000m Fayetteville, Ark. 10,000m Peoria, Ill. 10,000m
Event Hurricane Inv. Big 12 Championships NCAA MW Regionals Chile Pepper Festival
Site Distance Tulsa, Okla. Four miles Stillwater, Okla. 8,000m Peoria, Ill. 10,000m Fayetteville, Ark. 10,000m
Pl Time Date Event 9 24:47.82 9/25/10 Cowboy Jamboree 14 29:52.06 10/16/10 Chile Pepper Festival
Site Distance Stillwater, Okla. 8,000m Fayetteville, Ark. 10,000m
NCAA Championships | LaVern Gibson XC Course | Terre Haute, Ind. | Nov. 22, 2010
Women’s Results Brandi Andrews
Pl Time Date 17 11:44 9/4/10 104 18:49.81 10/16/10 38 23:25.45 9/25/10
Jackie Campos 14
11:29
9/4/10
Jori Davis
Pl Time Date 9 11:17 9/4/10 55 18:24.46 10/16/10 56 22:05.13 10/30/10
Event Hurricane Inv. Chile Pepper Festival Cowboy Jamboree
Site Distance Tulsa, Okla. Two miles Fayetteville, Ark. 5,000m Stillwater, Okla. 6,000m
Hurricane Inv.
Tulsa, Okla.
Event Hurricane Inv. Chile Pepper Festival Big 12 Championships
Site Distance Tulsa, Okla. Two miles Fayetteville, Ark. 5,000m Stillwater, Okla. 6,000m
Jenny Dyer
Pl Time Date Event 208 19:40.82 10/16/10 Chile Pepper Festival 53 24:02.85 9/25/10 Cowboy Jamboree
Victoria Fratczak
Pl Time Date 30 17:59.03 10/16/10 21 20:46.88 11/13/10 19 20:59.84 10/30/10 4 21:31.69 9/25/10
Two miles
Site Distance Fayetteville, Ark. 5,000m Stillwater, Okla. 6,000m
Event Chile Pepper Festival NCAA MW Regionals Big 12 Championships Cowboy Jamboree
Site Fayetteville, Ark. Peoria, Ill. Stillwater, Okla. Stillwater, Okla.
Event Hurricane Inv. Chile Pepper Festival Cowboy Jamboree
Site Distance Tulsa, Okla. Two miles Fayetteville, Ark. 5,000m Stillwater, Okla. 6,000m
Pl Time Date Event 118 18:59.11 10/16/10 Chile Pepper Festival 40 23:33.86 9/25/10 Cowboy Jamboree
Site Distance Fayetteville, Ark. 5,000m Stillwater, Okla. 6,000m
Melanie Funke
Pl Time Date 13 11:28 9/4/10 66 18:30.53 10/16/10 19 22:38.11 9/25/10
Caileigh Glenn
Victoria Hanna
Pl Time Date 10 11:19 9/4/10 41 18:12.88 10/16/10 60 21:32.63 11/13/10 49 21:52.40 10/30/10 12 22:13.30 9/25/10
Ruth-Anne Hadjis
Event Hurricane Inv. Chile Pepper Festival NCAA MW Regionals Big 12 Championships Cowboy Jamboree
Pl Time Date Event 71 18:33.02 10/16/10 Chile Pepper Festival
Distance 5,000m 6,000m 6,000m 6,000m
Site Distance Tulsa, Okla. Two miles Fayetteville, Ark. 5,000m Peoria, Ill. 6,000m Stillwater, Okla. 6,000m Stillwater, Okla. 6,000m
Laura Heaton
Pl Time Date 21 12:05 9/4/10 224 19:45.26 10/16/10 42 23:40.78 9/25/10
Kate Kujawa
Pl Time Date 3 11:05 9/4/10 21 17:53.18 10/16/10 47 21:22.00 11/13/10 32 21:32.31 10/30/10 9 21:56.25 9/25/10
Felicity Milton
Pl Time Date 6 17:20.14 10/16/10 13 20:26.11 11/13/10 14 20:46.88 10/30/10 6 21:37.19 9/25/10
Event Hurricane Inv. Chile Pepper Festival Cowboy Jamboree
Site Distance Tulsa, Okla. Two miles Fayetteville, Ark. 5,000m Stillwater, Okla. 6,000m
Event Hurricane Inv. Chile Pepper Festival NCAA MW Regionals Big 12 Championships Cowboy Jamboree
Site Distance Tulsa, Okla. Two miles Fayetteville, Ark. 5,000m Peoria, Ill. 6,000m Stillwater, Okla. 6,000m Stillwater, Okla. 6,000m
Event Chile Pepper Festival NCAA MW Regionals Big 12 Championships Cowboy Jamboree
Site Fayetteville, Ark. Peoria, Ill. Stillwater, Okla. Stillwater, Okla.
Teran Mixon
Pl Time Date Event 87 18:42.18 10/16/10 Chile Pepper Festival 81 21:49.44 11/13/10 NCAA MW Regionals
Natalja Piluisina
Pl Time Date 11 17:43.10 10/16/10 16 20:35.51 11/13/10 16 20:57.06 10/30/10 5 21:35.55 9/25/10
Event Chile Pepper Festival NCAA MW Regionals Big 12 Championships Cowboy Jamboree
Aven Sanders
Pl Time Date Event 437 23:20.62 10/16/10 Chile Pepper Festival
Mihaela Susa
Pl Time Date 4 17:18.96 10/16/10 8 20:22.38 11/13/10 9 20:37.28 10/30/10 1 21:10.53 9/25/10
Event Chile Pepper Festival NCAA MW Regionals Big 12 Championships Cowboy Jamboree
Distance 5,000m 6,000m 6,000m 6,000m
Site Distance Fayetteville, Ark. 5,000m Peoria, Ill. 6,000m Site Fayetteville, Ark. Peoria, Ill. Stillwater, Okla. Stillwater, Okla.
Distance 5,000m 6,000m 6,000m 6,000m
Site Distance Fayetteville, Ark. 5,000m Site Fayetteville, Ark. Peoria, Ill. Stillwater, Okla. Stillwater, Okla.
Distance 5,000m 6,000m 6,000m 6,000m
Site Distance Fayetteville, Ark. 5,000m
NCAA Championships | LaVern Gibson XC Course | Terre Haute, Ind. | Nov. 22, 2010
2010 Best Lists Men Four Miles 1 2 3 11 13
Tom Farrell 19:54 Ryan Prentice 19:59 Sean Fleming 20:01 Joseph Manilafasha 20:13 Taylor Monaghan 20:19
Women 9/4 9/4 9/4 9/4 9/4
8,000 meters 1 2 3 4 9 15 9 11 33 23 43 59
Girma Mecheso 23:46.17 9/25 German Fernandez 23:58.20 10/30 Colby Lowe 23:58.37 10/30 Tom Farrell 24:06.63 10/30 Joseph Manilafasha 24:34.37 10/30 Ryan Prentice 24:45.36 10/30 Johnathan Stublaski 24:47.82 9/25 Matthew McElroy 24:55.69 9/25 Shane Moskowitz 25:23.81 10/30 Sean Fleming 25:25.77 9/25 Taylor Monaghan 26:11.68 9/25 Ryan Little 26:37.67 9/25
10,000 meters 1 2 3 4 14 22 27 19 23 32
Colby Lowe 29:10.97 10/16 Tom Farrell 29:14.89 10/16 German Fernandez 29:15.28 10/16 Girma Mecheso 29:21.06 10/16 Johnathan Stublaski 29:52.06 10/16 Sean Fleming 30:12.13 10/16 Shane Moskowitz(U) 30:20.13 10/16 Joseph Manilafasha 30:26.98 11/13 Ryan Prentice 30:34.05 11/13 Matthew McElroy 30:54.68 11/13
Hurricane Inv. Hurricane Inv. Hurricane Inv. Hurricane Inv. Hurricane Inv.
Cowboy Jamboree Big 12 Championships Big 12 Championships Big 12 Championships Big 12 Championships Big 12 Championships Cowboy Jamboree Cowboy Jamboree Big 12 Championships Cowboy Jamboree Cowboy Jamboree Cowboy Jamboree
Tulsa, Okla. Tulsa, Okla. Tulsa, Okla. Tulsa, Okla. Tulsa, Okla.
Stillwater, OK Stillwater, OK Stillwater, OK Stillwater, OK Stillwater, OK Stillwater, OK Stillwater, OK Stillwater, OK Stillwater, OK Stillwater, OK Stillwater, OK Stillwater, OK
Chile Pepper Festival Fayetteville, AR Chile Pepper Festival Fayetteville, AR Chile Pepper Festival Fayetteville, AR Chile Pepper Festival Fayetteville, AR Chile Pepper Festival Fayetteville, AR Chile Pepper Festival Fayetteville, AR Chile Pepper Festival Fayetteville, AR NCAA MW Regionals Peoria, Ill. NCAA MW Regionals Peoria, Ill. NCAA MW Regionals Peoria, Ill.
Two Miles 3 9 10 13 14 17 21
Kate Kujawa Jori Davis Victoria Hanna Melanie Funke Jackie Campos Brandi Andrews Laura Heaton
5,000 meters 4 6 11 21 30 41 55 66 71 87 104 118 208 224 437
Mihaela Susa Felicity Milton Natalja Piliusina Kate Kujawa Victoria Fratczak Victoria Hanna Jori Davis Melanie Funke Ruth-Anne Hadjis Teran Mixon Brandi Andrews Caileigh Glenn Jenny Dyer Laura Heaton Aven Sanders
6,000 meters 8 13 16 21 47 60 81 56 19 38 40 42 53
Mihaela Susa Felicity Milton Natalja Piluisina Victoria Fratczak Kate Kujawa Victoria Hanna Teran Mixon Jori Davis Melanie Funke Brandi Andrews Caileigh Glenn Laura Heaton Jenny Dyer
11:05 11:17 11:19 11:28 11:29 11:44 12:05
9/4 9/4 9/4 9/4 9/4 9/4 9/4
Hurricane Inv. Hurricane Inv. Hurricane Inv. Hurricane Inv. Hurricane Inv. Hurricane Inv. Hurricane Inv.
Tulsa, Okla. Tulsa, Okla. Tulsa, Okla. Tulsa, Okla. Tulsa, Okla. Tulsa, Okla. Tulsa, Okla.
17:18.96 10/16 17:20.14 10/16 17:43.10 10/16 17:53.18 10/16 17:59.03 10/16 18:12.88 10/16 18:24.46 10/16 18:30.53 10/16 18:33.02 10/16 18:42.18 10/16 18:49.81 10/16 18:59.11 10/16 19:40.82 10/16 19:45.26 10/16 23:20.62 10/16
Chile Pepper Festival Fayetteville, AR Chile Pepper Festival Fayetteville, AR Chile Pepper Festival Fayetteville, AR Chile Pepper Festival Fayetteville, AR Chile Pepper Festival Fayetteville, AR Chile Pepper Festival Fayetteville, AR Chile Pepper Festival Fayetteville, AR Chile Pepper Festival Fayetteville, AR Chile Pepper Festival Fayetteville, AR Chile Pepper Festival Fayetteville, AR Chile Pepper Festival Fayetteville, AR Chile Pepper Festival Fayetteville, AR Chile Pepper Festival Fayetteville, AR Chile Pepper Festival Fayetteville, AR Chile Pepper Festival Fayetteville, AR
20:22.38 11/13 20:26.11 11/13 20:35.51 11/13 20:46.88 11/13 21:22.00 11/13 21:32.63 11/13 21:49.44 11/13 22:05.13 10/30 22:38.11 9/25 23:25.45 9/25 23:33.86 9/25 23:40.78 9/25 24:02.85 9/25
NCAA MW Regionals NCAA MW Regionals NCAA MW Regionals NCAA MW Regionals NCAA MW Regionals NCAA MW Regionals NCAA MW Regionals Big 12 Championships Cowboy Jamboree Cowboy Jamboree Cowboy Jamboree Cowboy Jamboree Cowboy Jamboree
Peoria, Ill. Peoria, Ill. Peoria, Ill. Peoria, Ill. Peoria, Ill. Peoria, Ill. Peoria, Ill. Stillwater, OK Stillwater, OK Stillwater, OK Stillwater, OK Stillwater, OK Stillwater, OK
School Records Men 8,000 meters (Top 5) 1 2 3 4 5
German Fernandez.23:34.7.... Pre-Nationals.......................2008 John Kosgei............ 23:44.4.... Pre-Nationals.......................2008 Girma Mecheso...... 23:46.17.. Cowboy Jamboree...............2010 Jon Wild.................. 23:47.20.. Chile Pepper Invite..............1994 Ryan Vail................. 23:49....... Cowboy Jamboree...............2007
10,000 Meters (Top 5) 1 2 3 4 5
Jon Wild.................. 28:30 ...... Chile Pepper Invite..............1995 Patrick Kiptum........ 29:02....... Chile Pepper Invite..............1995 Colby Lowe............. 29:10.97.. Chile Pepper Invite..............2010 Tom Farrell.............. 29:15.28.. Chile Pepper Invite..............2010 Kim Critchley........... 29:12....... Chile Pepper Invite..............1995
Women
Two-Mile (Top 3)
1 McMiken, Christine.10:03.78.. 1984.............. O-State Invitational 2 Davies, Mary........... 10:44....... 9/4/04......... Hurricane Invitational. 3 Haberl, Veronica..... 10:48.56.. 1984.............. O-State Invitational.
3,000 meters (Top 3)
1 McMiken, Christine.9:30......... 1985........................... All-Comers . 2 McMiken, Christine.9:40......... 1985...............Sooner Invitational. 3 McMiken, Christine.9:45......... 1984........... Oklahoma Triangular
5,000 meters (Top 3)
1 McMiken, Christine.16:06....... 1985............Arkansas Invitational. 2 Goodman, Jackie.... 16:15.55.. 11/12/87..... NCAA Championship. 3 Barry, Sonia............ 16:19.11.. 10/21/88.......Big 8 Championship
6,000 meters (top 3)
1 Alfheim, Siri............. 20:22....... 10/27/01.....Big 12 Championship. 2 Mihaela Susa.......... 20:22.38.. 11/13/10.....NCAA MW Regionals 13 Felicity Milton.......... 20:26.11.. 11/13/10.....NCAA MW Regionals NCAA Championships | LaVern Gibson XC Course | Terre Haute, Ind. | Nov. 22, 2010
2009 Men’s Highlights 2009 NCAA Cross Country Championships Team Results (top 10 teams only) 1. Oklahoma State, 127 points 2. Oregon, 143 points 3. Alabama, 173 points 4. Northern Arizona, 190 points 5. William & Mary, 226 points 6. Colorado, 315 points 7. Wisconsin, 321 points T8. New Mexico, 350 points T8. Iona, 350 points 10. Stanford, 354 points
Oklahoma State Ind. Results | NCAA Championships 7. Ryan Vail, 29:40.7 8. Colby Lowe, 29:42.4 11. John Kosgei, 29:48.3 24. Girma Mecheso, 30:13.6 77. German Fernandez, 30:53.9 80. David Chirchir, 30:59.6 123. Johnathan Stublaski, 31:25.2
2009 Big 12 Cross Country Championships Team Results 1. Oklahoma State, 24 points 2. Colorado, 56 points 3. Oklahoma, 75 points 4. Iowa State, 107 points 5. Texas, 132 points 6. Texas A&M, 171 points 7. Nebraska, 199 points T8. Kansas, 237 points T8. Missouri, 237 points 10. Texas Tech, 278 points 11. Baylor, 282 points 12. Kansas State, 354 points
Oklahoma State Ind. Results | Big 12 Championships 1. Ryan Vail, 24:50.67 2. John Kosgei, 24:52.26 3. Colby Lowe, 24:55.25 4. German Fernandez, 24:57.83 14. Girma Mecheso, 25:30.53 28. John Stublaski, 25:50.44 40. Ryan Little, 26:02.76 45. Ryan Prentice, 26:08.10 55. David Chirchir, 26:25.84
2009 Cross Country Honors and Accolades • • • • • • •
NCAA Champions Big 12 Champions (second straight year) NCAA Midwest Region Champions (fifth straight year) Chile Pepper Festival Champions Hurricane Festival Champions USTFCCCA Men’s Division I National Scholar Team of the Year USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (12th straight year)
USTFCCCA Men’s Division I National Coach of the Year Dave Smith
USTFCCCA Midwest Region Coach of the Year Dave Smith (fourth straight year)
Big 12 Coach of the Year
Dave Smith (second straight year)
All-Americans
Ryan Vail (seventh place) Colby Lowe (eighth place) John Kosgei (11th place) Girma Mecheso (24th place)
Big 12 Individual Champion Ryan Vail
All-Big 12
Ryan Vail (first place) John Kosgei (second place) Colby Lowe (third place) German Fernandez (fourth place) Girma Mecheso (14th place)
Big 12 Runner of the Week John Kosgei, Sept. 28-Oct. 4 Colby Lowe, Oct. 12-18
All-Region
David Chirchir (ninth place) John Kosgei (10th place) Ryan Vail (11th place) German Fernandez (12th place) Colby Lowe (13th place) Girma Mecheso (14th place) Daniel Watts (16th place)
ESPN the Magazine/ CoSIDA First-Team Academic All-American Ryan Vail (third straight year)
USTFCCCA All-Academic Individuals German Fernandez Colby Lowe Ryan Vail
Academic All-Big 12 Colby Lowe (first team) Ryan Vail (first team) Daniel Watts (first team) Peter Wood (first team)
2009 Cross Country Schedule/Results Men Sept. 5....Hurricane Festival (Tulsa, OK)........................................... 1st place Oct. 5......Cowboy Jamboree (Stillwater, OK).................................... 4th place Oct. 17....Chile Pepper Festival (Fayetteville, AR)............................. 1st place Oct. 31....Big 12 Championships (Columbia, MO)............................. 1st place Nov. 14...NCAA Midwest Region Championships(Springfield, MO).. 1st place Nov. 23...NCAA Championships (Terre Haute, IN)............................ 1st place
Women Sept. 5....Hurricane Festival (Tulsa, OK).......................................... 2nd place Oct. 5......Cowboy Jamboree (Stillwater, OK).................................. 11th place Oct. 17....Chile Pepper Festival (Fayetteville, AR)............................. 6th place Oct. 31....Big 12 Championships (Columbia, MO)........................... 10th place Nov. 14...NCAA Midwest Region Championships(Springfield, MO)......... NTS Nov. 23...NCAA Championships (Terre Haute, IN)................................... NTS .......................................................................... (Susa 110th as an individual)
NCAA Championships | LaVern Gibson XC Course | Terre Haute, Ind. | Nov. 22, 2010
2010 Men’s XC Roster Name............................. Year........................ Hometown/Previous School Jeff Arnier ..................... Fr........................................ Arlington, Texas/Lamar Jacob Benn .................. Fr............... San Antonio, Texas/John Paul Stevens Raul Botezan ................ RFr......................................Cluj-Napoca, Romania Kevin Colon .................. Fr.................. Kansas City, Mo./Lee’s Summit West Kirubel Erassa .............. Fr.........................................Grayson, Ga./Grayson Tom Farrell .................... RFr.................................. Carlisle, United Kingdom German Fernandez ...... Jr................................. Riverbank, Calif./Riverbank Eric Fitzpatrick .............. Fr...............................................Boise, Idaho/Boise Sean Fleming ............... Sr................................ Regina, Sask., Can./O’Neill Ryan Gibson ................. RFr......................................Duncan, Okla./Duncan Ryan Little .................... Jr......................... Eden Prairie, Minn./Eden Prairie Colby Lowe ................... Jr......................................Southlake, Texas/Carroll Joseph Manilafasha ..... RFr..............................Denver, Colo./Denver North Matt McElroy ................. Fr.......................... Huntington Beach, Calif./Edison Girma Mecheso ............ Jr............................. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia/Auburn Taylor Monaghan .......... RFr...................................Tulsa, Okla./Tulsa Union Shane Moskowitz ......... Fr......................... Silverdale, Wash./Central Kitsap Mark Nelson ................. Sr.. Oklahoma City, Okla./Phillips Exeter Academy David Osborn ............... Fr.................................Chesterton, Ind./Chesterton Tyler Payton ................. Fr...................................................... Jay, Okla./Jay Ryan Prentice ............... So............................. Seattle, Wash./Mount Rainier Klaus Schmidt .............. RFr........................... Tivoli, N.Y./Red Hook Central Neal Smith .................... Fr......................................Southlake, Texas/Carroll Johnathan Stublaski ..... Jr.................................. Eagan, Minn./Henry Sibley Nick Thorp .................... Fr........................ McKinney, Texas/McKinney Boyd Bryan Wilson ................ RFr.................................. Edmond, Okla./Memorial
The Basics The second-ranked Cowboy cross country team will try to defend its 2009 national championship Monday, as Oklahoma State heads to the NCAA Championships at the LaVern Gibson Championship Course in Terre Haute, Ind. It is the eighth-straight NCAA Cross Country Championships appearance for the men’s squad and the first women’s appearance since 2005. The action is scheduled to get underway at 12:08 p.m. with the start of the women’s 6,000-meter championship race, followed by the start of the men’s 10,000-meter championship race at 12:48 p.m.
OSU Lineups The top athletes from the men’s and women’s teams will represent Oklahoma State Monday. While several athletes are registered to run, only seven will race. Tom Farrell, German Fernandez Sean Fleming, Colby Lowe, Joseph Manilafasha, Matt McElroy, Girma Mecheso, Shane Moskowitz, Ryan Prentice and Jonathan Stublaski are registered for the men’s squad, while Jori Davis, Victoria 2010 Women’s XC Roster Fratczak, Ruth-Anne Hadjis, Victoria Name............................. Year........................ Hometown/Previous School Hanna, Kate Kujawa, Felicity Milton, Teran Alexis Alexander ........... RFr...............New Braunfels, Texas/New Braunfels Mixon, Natalija Piliusina and Mihaela Susa Brandi Andrews ............ Jr................ Chattanooga, Tenn./Girls Prep School are on the women’s list. Mihaela Bobos .............. Fr.........................................Cluj-Napoca, Romania Jackie Campos ............. So....................... Santa Teresa, N.M./Santa Teresa Emily Cloud .................. RFr................................. Stillwater, Okla./Stillwater Jori Davis ...................... Fr................................... Piedmont, Okla./Piedmont Jenny Dyer ................... Fr............................... Collinsville, Okla./Collinsville Victoria Fratczak ........... Jr...... Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada/Dartmouth Melanie Funke .............. So................................................ Minot, N.D./Minot Caileigh Glenn .............. Fr.... Newmarket, Ont., Can./Sacred Heart Catholic Ruth-Anne Hadjis ......... Fr....................Colorado Springs, Colo./Pine Creek Victoria Hanna .............. Fr...........Oshawa, Ont., Can./R.S. McLaughlin CVI Laura Heaton ................ Jr...................................... Amarillo, Texas/Tascosa Kate Kujawa ................. RFr.........Regina, Sask., Can./Campbell Collegiate Felicity Milton ................ Sr.................................Oakham, Rutland, England Teran Mixon .................. Sr....................................Coalgate, Okla./Coalgate Kaitlin O’Hagan ............ Fr............... Markham, Ont., Can./Markham District Natalja Piliusina ............ Fr.............................................. Klaipeda, Lithuania Katy Puterka ................. Fr..........................Shepherdstown, WVa./Stillwater Aven Sanders................ RFr...........................Hennessey, Okla./Hennessey Mihaela Susa ................ Sr........................................Cluj-Napoca, Romania Kendra Woodson .......... Jr.............................Farmington, N.M./Piedra Vista Janelle Wright ............... Fr............................... Midwest City, Okla./Choctaw
Coaches: Dave Smith, Director of Cross Country and Track and Field John Baumann, Assistant Coach - Throws Zivile Pukstiene, Assistant Coach - Jumps Bobby Lockhart, Assistant Coach - Distance Sean McCabe, Assistant Coach - Distance Brionne Yosten, Assistant Coach - Distance
Last Time Out The OSU cross country program qualified both the men’s and women’s squads for the national meet after each team finished second at the NCAA Midwest Regionals. It marked the first time since 2005 that
both squads have qualified for the meet in the same year. Colby Lowe claimed the individual championship for the men, while Mihaela Susa anchored the women’s squad with an eighth-place finish. 2009 in Review The 2009 season was perhaps the best season in the history of Oklahoma State cross country for the men’s team. The Cowboys captured their second Big 12 Championship in two years, and added their second NCAA Championship, their first since 1954. Senior Ryan Vail won the individual Big 12 championship and was joined in the top four by three of his teammates. OSU went on to win its fifth NCAA Regional Championship before winning the NCAA Championships. The Cowgirls were led all season by star runner Mihaela Susa who narrowly missed out on notching her third straight All-Big 12 honor. Susa showed up strong at regionals to win her third straight AllRegion honor and an at-large bid to the NCAA Championships. OSU in the Polls The Oklahoma State men have been ranked in the top two in the USTFCCCA rankings for the entire 2010 season. The Cowboys enter the national meet ranked second and holding more first-place votes than any other team. The Cowgirls started the year unranked, but have consistently risen in the polls with good performances. They enter the NCAA Championships at 19th, their highest ranking of the year.
2010 Cross Country Schedules/Results * denotes a race where OSU won the individual title
Men Sat., Sept. 4............ Hurricane Invitational...................... Tulsa, Okla.........................*5-0 Sat., Sept. 25.......... Cowboy Jamboree.......................... Stillwater, Okla................... *1st Sat., Oct. 16........... Chile Pepper Festival...................... Fayetteville, Ark................. *1st Sat., Oct. 30........... Big 12 Championships.................... Stillwater, Okla................... *1st Sat., Nov. 13........... NCAA Midwest Regionals............... Peoria, Ill...........................*2nd Mon. Nov. 22.......... NCAA Championships.................... Terre Haute, Ind...... 12:48 p.m.
Women Sat., Sept. 4............ Hurricane Invitational...................... Tulsa, Okla.......................... 4-1 Sat., Sept. 25.......... Cowboy Jamboree.......................... Stillwater, Okla................... *1st Sat., Oct. 16........... Chile Pepper Festival...................... Fayetteville, Ark...................1st Sat., Oct. 30........... Big 12 Championships.................... Stillwater, Okla.................... 4th Sat., Nov. 13........... NCAA Midwest Regionals............... Peoria, Ill............................ 2nd Mon. Nov. 22.......... NCAA Championships.................... Terre Haute, Ind...... 12:08 p.m.
Pokes’ Quotes Coach Dave Smith On how he feels about the race “I am cautiously optimistic. It is just a real battle right now. I think Stanford is probably the best team on paper and Wisconsin has closed the gap over the last few weeks, and I think they are about equal to us. There is a three team battle on the men’s side right now. Last year we had a lot of wiggle room. German Fernandez finished 97th, and we still won. We don’t have that this year. Everything has to go right this year. Last year we were way out in front, after Stanford blew up. This year things have to go well for us.” On where the team is heading into nationals “This is about where I hoped we’d be. I probably was hoping for a little more stability in our fifth man, knowing who he was, how he was running, and being consistent all year long. We haven’t had that. We’ve had Jonathan Stublaski run well as our fifth man, we’ve had Joseph Manilafasha run well as our fifth man, but we haven’t had a lot of consistency. I am a little nervous about that. Stanford has the same weakness, but Wisconsin has the best fifth man in the country right now. They just don’t quite have the upfront power that Stanford does.” On how OSU will approach the race “We are going to go out there and run our race plan. We are well prepared, we are fit, we are ready to go, and as long as we run as intelligently and as hard as we can, we can’t control how anyone else does. We have to run our perfect race, the chips may fall and we may win or we may not, but we will walk out of there knowing we did everything we could to win.” On what it takes to win “We have referenced the fact that last year in the middle of the race it looked to us like we had blown our chance to win a national championship, and as it turned out we ended up sneaking one out over Oregon. In that race you never know. From 30th place to 100th place, it is two guys per second, so every second counts. Last year we won by 16 points, this year it could be one, two, three points. Which means one guy ran two seconds faster, or four guys ran a half a second faster and that is the difference. It is going to take a perfect race by our entire squad to make it happen.” On the fifth man “We’ve got seven guys that could be a great fifth man, but we only get to run three of them. Picking from the seven is very tough on us as coaches because we have to try and figure out who is hot right now by their body language, by the way they warm up the days leading up to the race. It is hard to guess. Last year we had the same situation where I didn’t know to run David Chirchir or Daniel Watts and I picked Chirchir so he ended up being our sixth guy. It is really hard to look those guys that want to run in the eye and say you aren’t going out there today. That part isn’t fun, but it is nice to have so many to choose from. It is a blessing and a curse I think.” On what he tells the athletes leading up to the race “What I tell all of our guys is that we are taking 12 guys up there and you have to approach this race like you are racing on Monday and you will be the fifth man. They probably won’t know until Monday when we step out on that course who is running and who isn’t. So they have to approach it like they are going to race. Even the guy that is 12th guy can’t assume anything; they have to go out like they are going to be running that day.” On his goals are for the women’s team “The women are currently ranked 19th. Like I was telling them, in the years leading up to the championship, the men always out-perform their best ranking of that year. I told the women I want to do the same thing. Our highest ranking is 19th, so let’s do better than that. We are going to run our race plan and run our race as intelligently as we can and run as hard as we can and hopefully that will put us in a place higher than 19th. There are a bunch of women that work really hard. They are a lot more focused than I thought they’d be. It is important to them and they work extremely hard. Distance running is a blue-collar sport, the harder you work; you are going to get divi-
dends. I have seen them grow up and mature over the last six months, and especially over the last three months of season they have been a focused group. When I said let’s get better than 19th I think they took it as an insult because they have higher goals than that.” On Mihaela Susa “She has been amazing for this program. She still has track left, but this will be her last cross country race. She has been a great ambassador for the team. When we bring recruits in, she is great with them. She leads by example; no one works harder than Mihaela. She will work herself to death if you let her. Her hard work paid off for her last year. She made it to cross country nationals, indoor nationals and outdoor nationals. She was the only athlete at OSU to do that. No guy did it. A lot of the women on the team that watched her discipline and her drive have learned from her.” On how he feels about the women’s performance this year “I am super proud of the women. We talked about how we were going to qualify for nationals because you want them to think positively at the beginning of the season, but in the back of my mind I thought that was a 30/70 proposition, that it was going to take a few more years to get there. They’ve matured a ton, they’ve worked really hard, and now we are there. I am just really proud of what they have done.” On the possibility of bad weather “Bad weather separates the tough from the un-tough. I think we are a pretty tough team. We don’t have an indoor track; we do all of our training outside. It gives people that are tough an advantage. I would love for it to be 32 degrees with sideways rain; I think that would be great. But it doesn’t look like we are going to get that.” On the team “There isn’t a better fourth man in the country than Tom Farrell. If we were racing a four man meet, I would be extremely confident that we would win this meet, but it is a five man meet. Having that comfort and level of confidence in the top four, guys like Colby and German and Girma, they understand it. German has run in world championships. Colby and Girma are All-Americans. Those guys know what to do, and they are almost like coaches themselves. Those three, they have a race plan. Tom is going to have a different race plan than he has had in the past. The back three are just going to try and run as good fifth men.” On the NCAA Championships “I think that the cross country national championship is one of the greatest sporting events there is. I love March Madness because of the drama and tension, but there is almost more tension at this meet because you have the 31 best teams in the country all laying it on the line. It will all be decided in 30 minutes. It is everybody against everybody, winner take all, no mistakes. Every mistake you make is amplified because you have 250 runners in there. So that is a lot of pressure, a lot of intensity, and for guys that aren’t used to it, that can be very intense. It can be overwhelming, and a lot of guys crumble. I have seen good teams crumble under that pressure. We have three guys running for us that have never run in this race. So we are just hoping that they will go and handle it under pressure.”
2010 Big 12 Championships Schedule Women’s Race.................. 6K............................. 12:08 p.m.
Men’s Race........................ 10K.......................... 12:48 p.m.
NCAA Championships | LaVern Gibson XC Course | Terre Haute, Ind. | Nov. 22, 2010
Pokes’ Quotes Men’s Athlete German Fernandez On the NCAA Midwest Regionals “At regionals we went out there knowing we would take first or second, but we didn’t want to go out and kill ourselves, just wanted to qualify and run as a pack out there. It was kind of sad not winning regionals, but we qualified and that is all that matters in the end. Going into Nationals all we can do is just go out and compete and let the best team win.” On what another national championship would mean “I would be speechless. It would be great for OSU, for Dave Smith, for all the guys that have been working hard since this summer. It is going to be epic there.” On the race plan “We haven’t really talked about our plan yet. We still have a couple more days before the race. Dave will be thinking through it. Pretty much it will be me, Colby and Girma in the front, Tom in the middle, and a couple of guys in the back, doing what we do best. The last 2k it is all or nothing.” On the team this year “We are more confident, and we are more experienced. Colby and I have been in the national caliber for the past few years. We always have other guys that can back us up too. It just gives us a lot of confidence if you are having a bad day knowing there is someone there to back you up.” On going for individual honors “We will see. Maybe it isn’t my year, but I am not worried about that. I am just trying to win us a national championship that is what matters. We just want to be on the podium and be holding that trophy.”
On the possibility of bad weather “The worse the weather, the better it is. You never know what you are going to get on the day of the race. You just have to go out there and run, it is all about who is the strongest and who wants it more.” On what he likes about the team “The best thing about this team is the depth and how strong everybody is and how competitive everyone is. No one ever gives up. This group wants to do what the team before them did, the strength and mentality this team has is what makes them winners.” On replacing top talent from last year with comparable talent this year “It is a very confident feeling. You are going into the year where people were saying that we lost people and we shouldn’t be as good, but we never made that an excuse. The guys that we recruited here were recruited to fill that job, and they have done great at doing that. It is a good feeling to have people step up and run in that spot and do good.” On the other teams competing at nationals “In this race you are going to have multiple good teams. Some teams you aren’t sure if they will be a factor, but you have to go out there and run for the win. The only thing that we can control is ourselves and where we need to be. If we go out there and win, then we win, but if we lose we want to leave knowing we performed well and did everything we could.”
Women’s Athlete Mihaela Susa
On how the Cowboys rank heading into the meet “We are one of the top five teams. We just have to be mentally ready, physically we are there and we just have to be ready when it comes to race day.”
On the race “I am feeling very excited for Monday. It is an awesome feeling to have the whole team with me because last year I was by myself. It is a weird feeling to be around 260 girls by yourself. I am very proud of the girls for making it to nationals as a team for the first time in six years. It is my senior year so I told them at the beginning of the year I wanted to make it as a team. We qualified automatically.”
On Stanford “Stanford is a really good team, they have a one-two-three threat. We just have to be there to compete with them. The national championship is going to take the whole team to win, I think we have more depth than them, but you never know what is going to happen.”
On making the NCAA Championships as a team “Every single athlete has a dream to expect more and more. We weren’t sure if we would make it or not, but Dave believed in us. In the beginning of the season we weren’t sure how we would perform as a team because we are young. We surprised ourselves in a good way.”
On last year’s title motivating them this year “It is good to know we are defending our title, but no one knows what is going to happen. We will see what happens. We are just going to do what we do best. We can dream about it, but we aren’t there yet.”
On having her teammates with her at nationals “It is a big advantage to have the whole team there. Having my teammates there you have more control and have more fun. I get to look to my right and to my left and I see them and it gives me more determination to do better for them and for the team.”
Men’s Athlete Colby Lowe On the NCAA Championships “I mean I am excited. This is what we have been waiting for, it is something we have been working for and preparing for all year. We are going to go out there and perform hard. It will be a hard race. There will be a lot of good teams out there and we just need to go out there and end the year on a good note.”
On the possibility of bad weather “The weather does affect me, but I try not to let it. But you can prepare yourselves mentally and be ready for it. The strong people will run better than the ones that let it affect them. You just have to go to the race with a positive outlook.”
On what another NCAA Championship would mean “The feeling would just be unbelievable. There are not many teams that can repeat, and to win the first one is always the hardest and it gets even harder to win again. To win again would be another great thing for the program and for the guys. All the stuff that you have to overcome, and to rebuild again, it would just be amazing to win again.” On how OSU will approach the race “We are just going to run how we always do. At this point, we will go a little different to how the race will go. This is a different race that we will be running. That is our strength to do things right and precise just to go out there and get things done.” NCAA Championships | LaVern Gibson XC Course | Terre Haute, Ind. | Nov. 22, 2010
2010 Team Results Men Hurricane Festival (5-0)
Sept. 4, 2010 :: Mohawk Park :: Tulsa, Okla. :: 4 miles Pl Athlete Time 1 Tom Farrell 19:54 2 Ryan Prentice 19:59 3 Sean Fleming 20:01 11 Joseph Manilafasha 20:13 13 Taylor Monaghan 20:19 Dual Results OSU def. John Brown, 15-40 OSU def. Oklahoma, 19-36 OSU def. Oklahoma Wesleyan, 15-40 OSU def. Oral Roberts, 15-40 OSU def. Tulsa, 26-30
Cowboy Jamboree (1st Place)
Sept. 25, 2010 :: OSU XC Course :: Stillwater, Okla. :: 8,000 meters Pl Athlete Time 1 Girma Mecheso 23:46.17 5 Colby Lowe 24:28.59 6 German Fernandez 24:28.74 7 Tom Farrell 24:28.80 9 Johnathan Stublaski 24:47.82 11 Matthew McElroy 24:55.69 13 Joseph Manilafasha 25:00.51 23 Sean Fleming 25:25.77 43 Taylor Monaghan 26:11.68 59 Ryan Little 26:37.67
Chile Pepper Festival (1st Place)
Oct. 16, 2010 :: Arkansas XC Course :: Fayetteville, Ark. :: 10,000 meters Pl Athlete Time 1 Colby Lowe 29:10.97 2 Tom Farrell 29:14.89 3 German Fernandez 29:15.28 4 Girma Mecheso 29:21.06 14 Johnathan Stublaski 29:52.06 22 Sean Fleming 30:12.13 27 Shane Moskowitz (UNAT) 30:20.13 41 Joseph Manilafasha 30:33.43 43 Ryan Prentice 30:34.98
14 Jackie Campos 17 Brandi Andrews 21 Laura Heaton Dual Results OSU def. John Brown, 15-50 OSU def. Oklahoma, 23-37 OSU def. Oklahoma Wesleyan, 15-50 OSU def. Oral Roberts, 17-46 Tulsa def. OSU, 18-37
11:29 11:44 12:05
Cowboy Jamboree (1st Place)
Sept. 25, 2010 :: OSU XC Course :: Stillwater, Okla. :: 6,000 meters Pl Athlete Time 1 Mihaela Susa 21:10.53 4 Victoria Fratczak 21:31.69 5 Natalja Piluisina 21:35.55 6 Felicity Milton 21:37.19 9 Kate Kujawa 21:56.25 12 Victoria Hanna 22:13.30 19 Melanie Funke 22:38.11 38 Brandi Andrews 23:25.45 40 Caileigh Glenn 23:33.86 42 Laura Heaton 23:40.78 53 Jenny Dyer 24:02.85
Chile Pepper Festival (1st Place)
Oct. 16, 2010 :: Arkansas XC Course :: Fayetteville, Ark. :: 5,000 meters Pl Athlete Time 4 Mihaela Susa 17:18.96 6 Felicity Milton 17:20.14 11 Natalja Piliusina 17:43.10 21 Kate Kujawa 17:53.18 30 Victoria Fratczak 17:59.03 41 Victoria Hanna 18:12.88 55 Jori Davis 18:24.46 66 Melanie Funke 18:30.53 71 Ruth-Anne Hadjis 18:33.02 87 Teran Mixon 18:42.18 104 Brandi Andrews 18:49.81 118 Caileigh Glenn 18:59.11 208 Jenny Dyer 19:40.82 224 Laura Heaton 19:45.26 437 Aven Sanders 23:20.62
Big 12 Championships (1st Place)
Big 12 Championships (4th Place)
NCAA Midwest Regional Championships (2nd Place)
NCAA Midwest Regional Championships (2nd Place)
Oct. 30, 2010 :: OSU XC Course :: Stillwater, Okla. :: 8,000 meters Pl Athlete Time 1 Girma Mecheso 23:56.94 2 German Fernandez 23:58.20 3 Colby Lowe 23:58.37 4 Tom Farrell 24:06.63 9 Joseph Manilafasha 24:34.37 15 Ryan Prentice 24:45.36 33 Shane Moskowitz 25:23.81
Nov. 13, 2010 :: Newman Golf Course :: Peoria, Ill. :: 10,000 meters Pl Athlete Time 1 Colby Lowe 29:30.70 3 German Fernandez 29:46.44 4 Tom Farrell 29:53.38 19 Joseph Manilafasha 30:26.98 23 Ryan Prentice 30:34.05 26 Shane Moskowitz 30:42.90 32 Matt McElroy 30:54.68
Oct. 30, 2010 :: OSU XC Course :: Stillwater, Okla. :: 6,000 meters Pl Athlete Time 9 Mihaela Susa 20:37.28 14 Felicity Milton 20:46.88 16 Natalja Piliusina 20:57.06 19 Victoria Fratczak 20:59.84 32 Kate Kujawa 21:32.31 49 Victoria Hanna 21:52.40 56 Jori Davis 22:05.13
Nov. 13, 2010 :: Newman Golf Course :: Peoria, Ill. :: 6,000 meters Pl Athlete Time 8 Mihaela Susa 20:22.38 13 Felicity Milton 20:26.11 16 Natalja Piliusina 20:35.51 21 Victoria Fratczak 20:46.88 47 Kate Kujawa 21:22.00 60 Victoria Hanna 21:32.63 81 Teran Mixon 21:49.44
Women Hurricane Festival (4-1)
Sept. 4, 2010 :: Mohawk Park :: Tulsa, Okla. :: 2 miles Pl Athlete Time 3 Kate Kujawa 11:05 9 Jori Davis 11:17 10 Victoria Hanna 11:19 13 Melanie Funke 11:28
NCAA Championships | LaVern Gibson XC Course | Terre Haute, Ind. | Nov. 22, 2010
Men’s Results Tom Farrell
Pl Time Date 1 19:54 9/4/10 4 24:06.63 10/30/10 7 24:28.80 9/25/10 2 29:14.89 10/16/10 4 29:53.38 11/13/10
German Fernandez
Pl Time Date 2 23:58.20 10/30/10 6 24:28.74 9/25/10 3 29:15.28 10/16/10 3 29:46.44 11/13/10
Sean Fleming
Pl Time Date 3 20:01 9/4/10 23 25:25.77 9/25/10 22 30:12.13 10/16/10
Event Hurricane Inv. Big 12 Championships Cowboy Jamboree Chile Pepper Festival NCAA MW Regionals
Site Distance Tulsa, Okla. Four miles Stillwater, Okla. 8,000m Stillwater, Okla. 8,000m Fayetteville, Ark. 10,000m Peoria, Ill. 10,000m
Event Big 12 Championships Cowboy Jamboree Chile Pepper Festival NCAA MW Regionals
Site Distance Stillwater, Okla. 8,000m Stillwater, Okla. 8,000m Fayetteville, Ark. 10,000m Peoria, Ill. 10,000m
Event Hurricane Inv. Cowboy Jamboree Chile Pepper Festival
Site Distance Tulsa, Okla. Four miles Stillwater, Okla. 8,000m Fayetteville, Ark. 10,000m
Ryan Little
Pl Time Date Event 59 26:37.67 9/25/10 Cowboy Jamboree
Colby Lowe
Pl Time Date 3 23:58.37 10/30/10 5 24:28.59 9/25/10 1 29:10.97 10/16/10 1 29:30.70 11/13/10
Joseph Manilafasha
Pl Time Date 11 20:13 9/4/10 9 24:34.37 10/30/10 13 25:00.51 9/25/10 19 30:26.98 11/13/10 41 30:33.43 10/16/10
Site Distance Stillwater, Okla. 8,000m
Event Big 12 Championships Cowboy Jamboree Chile Pepper Festival NCAA MW Regionals
Site Distance Stillwater, Okla. 8,000m Stillwater, Okla. 8,000m Fayetteville, Ark. 10,000m Peoria, Ill. 10,000m
Event Hurricane Inv. Big 12 Championships Cowboy Jamboree NCAA MW Regionals Chile Pepper Festival
Site Distance Tulsa, Okla. Four miles Stillwater, Okla. 8,000m Stillwater, Okla. 8,000m Peoria, Ill. 10,000m Fayetteville, Ark. 10,000m
Matthew McElroy
Pl Time Date Event 11 24:55.69 9/25/10 Cowboy Jamboree 32 30:54.68 11/13/10 NCAA MW Regionals
Girma Mecheso
Pl Time Date 1 23:46.17 9/25/10 1 23:56.94 10/30/10 4 29:21.06 10/16/10
Event Cowboy Jamboree Big 12 Championships Chile Pepper Festival
Taylor Monaghan
Pl Time Date Event 13 20:19 9/4/10 Hurricane Inv. 43 26:11.68 9/25/10 Cowboy Jamboree
Shane Moskowitz
Pl Time Date 33 25:23.81 10/30/10 27 30:20.13 10/16/10 26 30:42.90 11/13/10
Ryan Prentice
Pl Time Date 2 19:59 9/4/10 15 24:45.36 10/30/10 23 30:34.05 11/13/10 43 30:34.98 10/16/10
Johnathan Stublaski
Site Distance Stillwater, Okla. 8,000m Peoria, Ill. 10,000m Site Distance Stillwater, Okla. 8,000m Stillwater, Okla. 8,000m Fayetteville, Ark. 10,000m Site Distance Tulsa, Okla. Four miles Stillwater, Okla. 8,000m
Event Big 12 Championships Chile Pepper Fest (UN) NCAA MW Regionals
Site Distance Stillwater, Okla. 8,000m Fayetteville, Ark. 10,000m Peoria, Ill. 10,000m
Event Hurricane Inv. Big 12 Championships NCAA MW Regionals Chile Pepper Festival
Site Distance Tulsa, Okla. Four miles Stillwater, Okla. 8,000m Peoria, Ill. 10,000m Fayetteville, Ark. 10,000m
Pl Time Date Event 9 24:47.82 9/25/10 Cowboy Jamboree 14 29:52.06 10/16/10 Chile Pepper Festival
Site Distance Stillwater, Okla. 8,000m Fayetteville, Ark. 10,000m
NCAA Championships | LaVern Gibson XC Course | Terre Haute, Ind. | Nov. 22, 2010
Women’s Results Brandi Andrews
Pl Time Date 17 11:44 9/4/10 104 18:49.81 10/16/10 38 23:25.45 9/25/10
Jackie Campos 14
11:29
9/4/10
Jori Davis
Pl Time Date 9 11:17 9/4/10 55 18:24.46 10/16/10 56 22:05.13 10/30/10
Event Hurricane Inv. Chile Pepper Festival Cowboy Jamboree
Site Distance Tulsa, Okla. Two miles Fayetteville, Ark. 5,000m Stillwater, Okla. 6,000m
Hurricane Inv.
Tulsa, Okla.
Event Hurricane Inv. Chile Pepper Festival Big 12 Championships
Site Distance Tulsa, Okla. Two miles Fayetteville, Ark. 5,000m Stillwater, Okla. 6,000m
Jenny Dyer
Pl Time Date Event 208 19:40.82 10/16/10 Chile Pepper Festival 53 24:02.85 9/25/10 Cowboy Jamboree
Victoria Fratczak
Pl Time Date 30 17:59.03 10/16/10 21 20:46.88 11/13/10 19 20:59.84 10/30/10 4 21:31.69 9/25/10
Two miles
Site Distance Fayetteville, Ark. 5,000m Stillwater, Okla. 6,000m
Event Chile Pepper Festival NCAA MW Regionals Big 12 Championships Cowboy Jamboree
Site Fayetteville, Ark. Peoria, Ill. Stillwater, Okla. Stillwater, Okla.
Event Hurricane Inv. Chile Pepper Festival Cowboy Jamboree
Site Distance Tulsa, Okla. Two miles Fayetteville, Ark. 5,000m Stillwater, Okla. 6,000m
Pl Time Date Event 118 18:59.11 10/16/10 Chile Pepper Festival 40 23:33.86 9/25/10 Cowboy Jamboree
Site Distance Fayetteville, Ark. 5,000m Stillwater, Okla. 6,000m
Melanie Funke
Pl Time Date 13 11:28 9/4/10 66 18:30.53 10/16/10 19 22:38.11 9/25/10
Caileigh Glenn
Victoria Hanna
Pl Time Date 10 11:19 9/4/10 41 18:12.88 10/16/10 60 21:32.63 11/13/10 49 21:52.40 10/30/10 12 22:13.30 9/25/10
Ruth-Anne Hadjis
Event Hurricane Inv. Chile Pepper Festival NCAA MW Regionals Big 12 Championships Cowboy Jamboree
Pl Time Date Event 71 18:33.02 10/16/10 Chile Pepper Festival
Distance 5,000m 6,000m 6,000m 6,000m
Site Distance Tulsa, Okla. Two miles Fayetteville, Ark. 5,000m Peoria, Ill. 6,000m Stillwater, Okla. 6,000m Stillwater, Okla. 6,000m
Laura Heaton
Pl Time Date 21 12:05 9/4/10 224 19:45.26 10/16/10 42 23:40.78 9/25/10
Kate Kujawa
Pl Time Date 3 11:05 9/4/10 21 17:53.18 10/16/10 47 21:22.00 11/13/10 32 21:32.31 10/30/10 9 21:56.25 9/25/10
Felicity Milton
Pl Time Date 6 17:20.14 10/16/10 13 20:26.11 11/13/10 14 20:46.88 10/30/10 6 21:37.19 9/25/10
Event Hurricane Inv. Chile Pepper Festival Cowboy Jamboree
Site Distance Tulsa, Okla. Two miles Fayetteville, Ark. 5,000m Stillwater, Okla. 6,000m
Event Hurricane Inv. Chile Pepper Festival NCAA MW Regionals Big 12 Championships Cowboy Jamboree
Site Distance Tulsa, Okla. Two miles Fayetteville, Ark. 5,000m Peoria, Ill. 6,000m Stillwater, Okla. 6,000m Stillwater, Okla. 6,000m
Event Chile Pepper Festival NCAA MW Regionals Big 12 Championships Cowboy Jamboree
Site Fayetteville, Ark. Peoria, Ill. Stillwater, Okla. Stillwater, Okla.
Teran Mixon
Pl Time Date Event 87 18:42.18 10/16/10 Chile Pepper Festival 81 21:49.44 11/13/10 NCAA MW Regionals
Natalja Piluisina
Pl Time Date 11 17:43.10 10/16/10 16 20:35.51 11/13/10 16 20:57.06 10/30/10 5 21:35.55 9/25/10
Event Chile Pepper Festival NCAA MW Regionals Big 12 Championships Cowboy Jamboree
Aven Sanders
Pl Time Date Event 437 23:20.62 10/16/10 Chile Pepper Festival
Mihaela Susa
Pl Time Date 4 17:18.96 10/16/10 8 20:22.38 11/13/10 9 20:37.28 10/30/10 1 21:10.53 9/25/10
Event Chile Pepper Festival NCAA MW Regionals Big 12 Championships Cowboy Jamboree
Distance 5,000m 6,000m 6,000m 6,000m
Site Distance Fayetteville, Ark. 5,000m Peoria, Ill. 6,000m Site Fayetteville, Ark. Peoria, Ill. Stillwater, Okla. Stillwater, Okla.
Distance 5,000m 6,000m 6,000m 6,000m
Site Distance Fayetteville, Ark. 5,000m Site Fayetteville, Ark. Peoria, Ill. Stillwater, Okla. Stillwater, Okla.
Distance 5,000m 6,000m 6,000m 6,000m
Site Distance Fayetteville, Ark. 5,000m
NCAA Championships | LaVern Gibson XC Course | Terre Haute, Ind. | Nov. 22, 2010
2010 Best Lists Men Four Miles 1 2 3 11 13
Tom Farrell 19:54 Ryan Prentice 19:59 Sean Fleming 20:01 Joseph Manilafasha 20:13 Taylor Monaghan 20:19
Women 9/4 9/4 9/4 9/4 9/4
8,000 meters 1 2 3 4 9 15 9 11 33 23 43 59
Girma Mecheso 23:46.17 9/25 German Fernandez 23:58.20 10/30 Colby Lowe 23:58.37 10/30 Tom Farrell 24:06.63 10/30 Joseph Manilafasha 24:34.37 10/30 Ryan Prentice 24:45.36 10/30 Johnathan Stublaski 24:47.82 9/25 Matthew McElroy 24:55.69 9/25 Shane Moskowitz 25:23.81 10/30 Sean Fleming 25:25.77 9/25 Taylor Monaghan 26:11.68 9/25 Ryan Little 26:37.67 9/25
10,000 meters 1 2 3 4 14 22 27 19 23 32
Colby Lowe 29:10.97 10/16 Tom Farrell 29:14.89 10/16 German Fernandez 29:15.28 10/16 Girma Mecheso 29:21.06 10/16 Johnathan Stublaski 29:52.06 10/16 Sean Fleming 30:12.13 10/16 Shane Moskowitz(U) 30:20.13 10/16 Joseph Manilafasha 30:26.98 11/13 Ryan Prentice 30:34.05 11/13 Matthew McElroy 30:54.68 11/13
Hurricane Inv. Hurricane Inv. Hurricane Inv. Hurricane Inv. Hurricane Inv.
Cowboy Jamboree Big 12 Championships Big 12 Championships Big 12 Championships Big 12 Championships Big 12 Championships Cowboy Jamboree Cowboy Jamboree Big 12 Championships Cowboy Jamboree Cowboy Jamboree Cowboy Jamboree
Tulsa, Okla. Tulsa, Okla. Tulsa, Okla. Tulsa, Okla. Tulsa, Okla.
Stillwater, OK Stillwater, OK Stillwater, OK Stillwater, OK Stillwater, OK Stillwater, OK Stillwater, OK Stillwater, OK Stillwater, OK Stillwater, OK Stillwater, OK Stillwater, OK
Chile Pepper Festival Fayetteville, AR Chile Pepper Festival Fayetteville, AR Chile Pepper Festival Fayetteville, AR Chile Pepper Festival Fayetteville, AR Chile Pepper Festival Fayetteville, AR Chile Pepper Festival Fayetteville, AR Chile Pepper Festival Fayetteville, AR NCAA MW Regionals Peoria, Ill. NCAA MW Regionals Peoria, Ill. NCAA MW Regionals Peoria, Ill.
Two Miles 3 9 10 13 14 17 21
Kate Kujawa Jori Davis Victoria Hanna Melanie Funke Jackie Campos Brandi Andrews Laura Heaton
5,000 meters 4 6 11 21 30 41 55 66 71 87 104 118 208 224 437
Mihaela Susa Felicity Milton Natalja Piliusina Kate Kujawa Victoria Fratczak Victoria Hanna Jori Davis Melanie Funke Ruth-Anne Hadjis Teran Mixon Brandi Andrews Caileigh Glenn Jenny Dyer Laura Heaton Aven Sanders
6,000 meters 8 13 16 21 47 60 81 56 19 38 40 42 53
Mihaela Susa Felicity Milton Natalja Piluisina Victoria Fratczak Kate Kujawa Victoria Hanna Teran Mixon Jori Davis Melanie Funke Brandi Andrews Caileigh Glenn Laura Heaton Jenny Dyer
11:05 11:17 11:19 11:28 11:29 11:44 12:05
9/4 9/4 9/4 9/4 9/4 9/4 9/4
Hurricane Inv. Hurricane Inv. Hurricane Inv. Hurricane Inv. Hurricane Inv. Hurricane Inv. Hurricane Inv.
Tulsa, Okla. Tulsa, Okla. Tulsa, Okla. Tulsa, Okla. Tulsa, Okla. Tulsa, Okla. Tulsa, Okla.
17:18.96 10/16 17:20.14 10/16 17:43.10 10/16 17:53.18 10/16 17:59.03 10/16 18:12.88 10/16 18:24.46 10/16 18:30.53 10/16 18:33.02 10/16 18:42.18 10/16 18:49.81 10/16 18:59.11 10/16 19:40.82 10/16 19:45.26 10/16 23:20.62 10/16
Chile Pepper Festival Fayetteville, AR Chile Pepper Festival Fayetteville, AR Chile Pepper Festival Fayetteville, AR Chile Pepper Festival Fayetteville, AR Chile Pepper Festival Fayetteville, AR Chile Pepper Festival Fayetteville, AR Chile Pepper Festival Fayetteville, AR Chile Pepper Festival Fayetteville, AR Chile Pepper Festival Fayetteville, AR Chile Pepper Festival Fayetteville, AR Chile Pepper Festival Fayetteville, AR Chile Pepper Festival Fayetteville, AR Chile Pepper Festival Fayetteville, AR Chile Pepper Festival Fayetteville, AR Chile Pepper Festival Fayetteville, AR
20:22.38 11/13 20:26.11 11/13 20:35.51 11/13 20:46.88 11/13 21:22.00 11/13 21:32.63 11/13 21:49.44 11/13 22:05.13 10/30 22:38.11 9/25 23:25.45 9/25 23:33.86 9/25 23:40.78 9/25 24:02.85 9/25
NCAA MW Regionals NCAA MW Regionals NCAA MW Regionals NCAA MW Regionals NCAA MW Regionals NCAA MW Regionals NCAA MW Regionals Big 12 Championships Cowboy Jamboree Cowboy Jamboree Cowboy Jamboree Cowboy Jamboree Cowboy Jamboree
Peoria, Ill. Peoria, Ill. Peoria, Ill. Peoria, Ill. Peoria, Ill. Peoria, Ill. Peoria, Ill. Stillwater, OK Stillwater, OK Stillwater, OK Stillwater, OK Stillwater, OK Stillwater, OK
School Records Men 8,000 meters (Top 5) 1 2 3 4 5
German Fernandez.23:34.7.... Pre-Nationals.......................2008 John Kosgei............ 23:44.4.... Pre-Nationals.......................2008 Girma Mecheso...... 23:46.17.. Cowboy Jamboree...............2010 Jon Wild.................. 23:47.20.. Chile Pepper Invite..............1994 Ryan Vail................. 23:49....... Cowboy Jamboree...............2007
10,000 Meters (Top 5) 1 2 3 4 5
Jon Wild.................. 28:30 ...... Chile Pepper Invite..............1995 Patrick Kiptum........ 29:02....... Chile Pepper Invite..............1995 Colby Lowe............. 29:10.97.. Chile Pepper Invite..............2010 Tom Farrell.............. 29:15.28.. Chile Pepper Invite..............2010 Kim Critchley........... 29:12....... Chile Pepper Invite..............1995
Women
Two-Mile (Top 3)
1 McMiken, Christine.10:03.78.. 1984.............. O-State Invitational 2 Davies, Mary........... 10:44....... 9/4/04......... Hurricane Invitational. 3 Haberl, Veronica..... 10:48.56.. 1984.............. O-State Invitational.
3,000 meters (Top 3)
1 McMiken, Christine.9:30......... 1985........................... All-Comers . 2 McMiken, Christine.9:40......... 1985...............Sooner Invitational. 3 McMiken, Christine.9:45......... 1984........... Oklahoma Triangular
5,000 meters (Top 3)
1 McMiken, Christine.16:06....... 1985............Arkansas Invitational. 2 Goodman, Jackie.... 16:15.55.. 11/12/87..... NCAA Championship. 3 Barry, Sonia............ 16:19.11.. 10/21/88.......Big 8 Championship
6,000 meters (top 3)
1 Alfheim, Siri............. 20:22....... 10/27/01.....Big 12 Championship. 2 Mihaela Susa.......... 20:22.38.. 11/13/10.....NCAA MW Regionals 13 Felicity Milton.......... 20:26.11.. 11/13/10.....NCAA MW Regionals NCAA Championships | LaVern Gibson XC Course | Terre Haute, Ind. | Nov. 22, 2010
2009 Men’s Highlights 2009 NCAA Cross Country Championships Team Results (top 10 teams only) 1. Oklahoma State, 127 points 2. Oregon, 143 points 3. Alabama, 173 points 4. Northern Arizona, 190 points 5. William & Mary, 226 points 6. Colorado, 315 points 7. Wisconsin, 321 points T8. New Mexico, 350 points T8. Iona, 350 points 10. Stanford, 354 points
Oklahoma State Ind. Results | NCAA Championships 7. Ryan Vail, 29:40.7 8. Colby Lowe, 29:42.4 11. John Kosgei, 29:48.3 24. Girma Mecheso, 30:13.6 77. German Fernandez, 30:53.9 80. David Chirchir, 30:59.6 123. Johnathan Stublaski, 31:25.2
2009 Big 12 Cross Country Championships Team Results 1. Oklahoma State, 24 points 2. Colorado, 56 points 3. Oklahoma, 75 points 4. Iowa State, 107 points 5. Texas, 132 points 6. Texas A&M, 171 points 7. Nebraska, 199 points T8. Kansas, 237 points T8. Missouri, 237 points 10. Texas Tech, 278 points 11. Baylor, 282 points 12. Kansas State, 354 points
Oklahoma State Ind. Results | Big 12 Championships 1. Ryan Vail, 24:50.67 2. John Kosgei, 24:52.26 3. Colby Lowe, 24:55.25 4. German Fernandez, 24:57.83 14. Girma Mecheso, 25:30.53 28. John Stublaski, 25:50.44 40. Ryan Little, 26:02.76 45. Ryan Prentice, 26:08.10 55. David Chirchir, 26:25.84
2009 Cross Country Honors and Accolades • • • • • • •
NCAA Champions Big 12 Champions (second straight year) NCAA Midwest Region Champions (fifth straight year) Chile Pepper Festival Champions Hurricane Festival Champions USTFCCCA Men’s Division I National Scholar Team of the Year USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (12th straight year)
USTFCCCA Men’s Division I National Coach of the Year Dave Smith
USTFCCCA Midwest Region Coach of the Year Dave Smith (fourth straight year)
Big 12 Coach of the Year
Dave Smith (second straight year)
All-Americans
Ryan Vail (seventh place) Colby Lowe (eighth place) John Kosgei (11th place) Girma Mecheso (24th place)
Big 12 Individual Champion Ryan Vail
All-Big 12
Ryan Vail (first place) John Kosgei (second place) Colby Lowe (third place) German Fernandez (fourth place) Girma Mecheso (14th place)
Big 12 Runner of the Week John Kosgei, Sept. 28-Oct. 4 Colby Lowe, Oct. 12-18
All-Region
David Chirchir (ninth place) John Kosgei (10th place) Ryan Vail (11th place) German Fernandez (12th place) Colby Lowe (13th place) Girma Mecheso (14th place) Daniel Watts (16th place)
ESPN the Magazine/ CoSIDA First-Team Academic All-American Ryan Vail (third straight year)
USTFCCCA All-Academic Individuals German Fernandez Colby Lowe Ryan Vail
Academic All-Big 12 Colby Lowe (first team) Ryan Vail (first team) Daniel Watts (first team) Peter Wood (first team)
2009 Cross Country Schedule/Results Men Sept. 5....Hurricane Festival (Tulsa, OK)........................................... 1st place Oct. 5......Cowboy Jamboree (Stillwater, OK).................................... 4th place Oct. 17....Chile Pepper Festival (Fayetteville, AR)............................. 1st place Oct. 31....Big 12 Championships (Columbia, MO)............................. 1st place Nov. 14...NCAA Midwest Region Championships(Springfield, MO).. 1st place Nov. 23...NCAA Championships (Terre Haute, IN)............................ 1st place
Women Sept. 5....Hurricane Festival (Tulsa, OK).......................................... 2nd place Oct. 5......Cowboy Jamboree (Stillwater, OK).................................. 11th place Oct. 17....Chile Pepper Festival (Fayetteville, AR)............................. 6th place Oct. 31....Big 12 Championships (Columbia, MO)........................... 10th place Nov. 14...NCAA Midwest Region Championships(Springfield, MO)......... NTS Nov. 23...NCAA Championships (Terre Haute, IN)................................... NTS .......................................................................... (Susa 110th as an individual)
NCAA Championships | LaVern Gibson XC Course | Terre Haute, Ind. | Nov. 22, 2010
