OU Harriers Ready to Cross Red River

Sept. 14, 1999

SOONERS HOPE TO REPEAT SUCCESS IN DALLAS
This Saturday, the OU men's and women's cross country teams will travel across the Red River to compete in the SMU Invitational in Dallas.

Other schools scheduled to compete are TCU, Texas, Texas-Arlington, Oklahoma State (women only), Texas-El Paso and Texas A&M. The women's 5K race will begin at 9:30 a.m., while the men's 8K race will start at 10 a.m.

"The women's team won last year and certainly we are hoping to repeat this year," said Sooner head coach Todd Maycumber.

OU SHOWS IMPROVEMENT AT RIM ROCK FARM
Last Saturday, the Sooners competed in the prestigious Bob Timmons Invitational at Rim Rock Farm in Lawrence, Kan.

The women's team finished the 5K race in second place with 61 points. The men's team finished fourth in the 8K race with 81 points.

Arkansas won the women's competition with a total of 15 points. Finishing first in the men's competition was Kansas with 33 points.

Pacing the women's team was senior Andrea DeLozier, who finished with a time of 18:57.50 to place seventh. The women's team also had two other top-10 finishers (Sarah Harvey finished in eighth place and Mindy Mizell came in 10th).

On the men's side, sophomore Jimmy Martinez led the team with an 8K time of 26:53.82, a new career best, to finish in fifth place.

Junior Sam Stalcup also ran extremely well for the Sooners, finishing in sixth place with a time of 27:01.18.

MARTINEZ, DELOZIER LEAD SOONERS
A pair of Oklahoma natives led the Sooners last Saturday. Senior Andrea DeLozier and sophomore Jimmy Martinez both showed tremendous improvement over their previous showings.

Martinez turned in the best performance of his career as a Sooner as he finished the 8K race with a time of 26:53.82 and placed fifth overall. The time topped his previous career best of 27:06.40 that he posted at the Big 12 Championships last year.

DeLozier picked up right where she left off last year, finishing seventh overall with a time of 18:57.50. Last year she had a time of 19:23.84 and finished 20th overall in Lawrence.

Others who finished well for the women's team in last weekend's meet were Sarah Harvey who followed DeLozier with an eighth-place finish at 19:29.21, Mindy Mizell who rounded out the top 10 with a time of 19:35. Katherine Smith crossed the finish line at 19:43.86 for an 11th-place finish.

On the men's side, Sam Stalcup improved on his 58th-place finish last year (28:00.85) to place sixth this year with a time of 27:01.18.

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