Kissack and Hussar Lead OU Cross Country Teams to NCAA Regional

Nov. 8, 2000

Norman, Okla. - OU will travel to Waterloo, Iowa, for the NCAA Regional Championship on Saturday, Nov. 11. The University of Northern Iowa will serve as the host school for the 31 women's teams and 29 men's teams participating in the meet.

The races will be run on Irv Warren Golf Course. The women will run an 6,000-meter race and it will start at 11 a.m. The women will run 8,000 meters and their race will begin at 12:15 p.m.

One of the Best
The NCAA Midwest Regional is one of the best in the country. Oklahoma State is currently ranked 13th in the men's NCAA poll and is the top-ranked team in the region. In the women's race, four of the top 25 teams are running in Iowa. They include eighth-ranked Kansas State, 19th-ranked Missouri, 20th-ranked Minnesota and 24th-ranked Texas A&M. The regional also features one women's conference champion (Northern Iowa in the Missouri Valley) and two men's conference champions (Illinois State in the Missouri Valley and Eastern Illinois in the Ohio Valley). The field also features five men's teams and eight women's teams finished among the top three in their respective conference championships.

The Qualifying Process
The top three teams (seven-person squads) automatically qualify from each region. A total of 13 additional teams will be selected on Nov. 13. The first four individuals not associated with the top two teams from each of the nine regionals also qualify for the national championship to be held Nov. 20 at Iowa State University. Two additional individual qualifiers will be selected at large based on the highest nonqualifying finish in regional qualifying meets. All individuals must finish in the top 25 in their region.

OU Lineup for the NCAA Regional Championship

Name	Class	Hometown	Major
Jason Brown*	So.	Meridian, Idaho	Engineering
Darren Hutchins	Fr.	Choctaw, Okla.	University College
Brandon Kissack**	Jr.	Bartlesville, Okla.	Finance
Joey McNair	Fr.-HS	Bartlesville, Okla.	University College
Cecil Rose*	Jr.	Missouri City, Texas	Finance
Sam Stalcup**	Sr.	Ponca City, Okla.	History/Zoology
Forrest Walker	So.	Jenks, Okla.	University College

Alaina Dearman	So.	Dallas, Texas	Zoology/Pre-Med
Sinead Holt**	Sr.	Dublin, Ireland	Sociology
Corrie Hussar***	Sr.	Mustang, Okla.	Economics
Amanda Luksetich	Fr.-HS	Houston, Texas	Engineering
Abby Nutter	Fr.	Pryor, Okla.	University College
Aisha Stringer	So.	Miami, Fla.	Botany
Stephanie Webb*	Sr.	Bartlesville, Okla.	Mechanical Engineering
(*) Letters earned

Last Year's Results
Minnesota is the defending champion in the men's race and Kansas State is the defending champion in the women's race. Amy Mortimer of Kansas State returns to defend her regional title. Levente Timar of Northern Iowa is the top returning men's performer. The senior finished fourth last year.

Last Time Out
Brandon Kissack ran a 27:14 in the 8K and Corrie Hussar ran a 23:41 for the 6K as the Sooner cross country teams finished 12th in the Big XII Championship.

Kissack finished 64th to post the best finish for the Sooner while Hussar was 66th. Other Sooner men's finishes include Sam Stalcup (69-27:22), Joey McNair (76-28:16), Jason Brown (78-28:18) Darren Hutchins (79-28:20) Cecil Rose (81-28:55), Jarrod Kelly (83-29.18) and Forrest Walker (100-29:50)

Other Sooner women's finishes included Alaina Dearman (73-24:20), Aisha Stringer (74-24:27), Sinead Holt (75-24:28), Stephanie Webb (76-24:30), Amanda Luksetich (78-24:47), Abby Nutter (79-25:39) and Jenny Ledford (91-26:06.

Nine Sooners who competed in the 2000 race ran in the conference meet last year. Seven of the nine improved their overall finish in 2000.

2000 SCHEDULE/RESULTS

September

Date	Event	Results
1	Hurricane Invitational	W-2/6, M-3/6
9	Bob Timmons Invitational	W-2/3, M-4/4
16	SMU Run-On	W-5/5, M-3/6
30	Cowboy Jamboree	W-13/16, M 18/20

October

Date	Event	Results
14	Chili Pepper Invitational	W-16/25, M-10/23
28	Big 12 Championship	W-12/12, M-12/12

November

Date	Event	Location
11	NCAA Midwest Regional	Waterloo, Iowa
20	NCAA Championship	Ames, Iowa

Coach Todd Maycumber Says
"We are looking forward to this meet. As a team and as individuals, we were very disappointed in our performance at the conference championship. We look at the meet this weekend as an opportunity to run the competitive races we know we can run.

"We had several runners at the Big XII meet who were running in their first big, end-of-the-season competition. We learned a lot from the race two weeks ago. We are looking at this race as another opportunity to get valuable competitive experience."

Webb, Hussar and Kelly Lead Sooners on Big 12 Academic Team
Stephanie Webb, Corrie Hussar and Jarod Kelly led the nine Sooners named to the Big 12 All-Academic cross country team. Webb, a senior from Bartlesville, has maintained a 4.0 grade point average in mechanical engineering throughout her collegiate career.

Kelly, a sophomore from Portage, Mich., had a 4.0 grade point average last spring in mechanical engineering. Hussar, a senior from Mustang, had a 4.0 in the fall of 1999 and the spring of 2000 in economics.

First-team members had a 3.20 grade point average or better while second-team honorees had a 3.00 to 3.19 grade point average. To qualify, student-athletes must maintain a 3.0 grade point average or higher cumulative or for the previous two semesters and must have participated in 60 percent of their teams' competitions. Freshmen and transfers are not eligible in their first year of academic residence and senior student-athletes who have participated for a minimum of two years and meet all the criteria except percent of participation are eligible.

Other Sooners named to the first team included Alaina Dearman, a sophomore zoology major from Dallas, Texas, Sinead Holt, a senior sociology major from Dublin, Ireland, Jason Brown, a sophomore mechanical engineering major from Meridian, Idaho, and Sam Stalcup, a senior zoology major from Ponca City.

Named to the second team were Cecil Rose, a junior accounting major from Missouri City, Texas, and Forrest Walker, a sophomore mechanical engineering major from Jenks, Okla.

The Sooners trailed only Colorado with 11, Iowa State with 10, Oklahoma State with eight in first-team selections with seven. Texas A&M also had seven student-athletes named to the first team. A total of 105 student-athletes were honored by the conference with 81 first-team honorees and 24 second-team honorees.

A total of 15 student-athletes had posted a 4.0 cumulative or in the previous semester. OU and Nebraska led that list with three nominees each with 4.0 grade point averages.

Last Year for the Sooners
The Sooner men finished 17th overall and the women were 15th in last year's NCAA Regional. Results from those runners who competed last and who are OU's roster heading into this year's meet include Brandon Kissack, 33:46 (98th), Cecil Rose, 33:52 (101st), Sam Stalcup, 34:04 (106th), Jason Brown, 36:38 (135th), Corrie Hussar, 18:40 (62nd), Stephanie Webb, 19:37 (122nd).

Next Up
The NCAA Championship will be held on Monday, Nov. 20, in Ames, Iowa.

Sooner Results -- Women

HURRICANE CROSS COUNTRY FESTIVAL (Two Miles)

Place	Runner	Time
2.	Aisha Stringer	11:32
10.	Corrie Hussar	11:59
12.	Stephanie Webb	12:04
13.	Kelli O'Rourke	12:09
18.	Alaina Dearman	12:23
20.	Amanda Lukesetich	12:29
28.	Sinead Holt	12:53.

BOB TIMMONS INVITATIONAL (5K)

Place	Runner	Time
2.	Corrie Hussar	20:05.74
4.	Stephanie Webb	20:13.74
11.	Amanda Luksetich	21:14.30
14.	Alaina Dearman	21:23.08
15.	Sinead Holt	21:29.18
18.	Aisha Stringer	26:42.94

SMU/RUN-ON INVITATIONAL (5K)

Place	Runner	Time
12.	Stephanie Webb	19:07.74
19.	Sinead Holt	19:38.47
20.	Aisha Stringer	19:50.49
25.	Amanda Luksetich	20:10.23
26.	Alaina Dearman	20:40.95
52.	Kelli O'Rourke	21:05.58
62.	Jenny Ledford	22:08.58

COWBOY JAMBOREE (5K)

Place	Runner	Time
39.	Stephanie Webb	19:33
55.	Sinead Holt	19:54
68.	Aisha Stringer	20:20
72.	Amanda Luksetich	20:36
81.	Kim Thomas	20:54
87.	Jenny Ledford	21:24
88.	Abby Nutter	21:36

CHILE PEPPER INVITATIONAL (6K)

Place	Runner	Time
41.	Stephanie Webb	23:10
75.	Aisha Stringer	23:54
76.	Corrie Hussar	23:54
88.	Sinead Holt	24:10
98.	Amanda Luksetich	24:35
107.	Alaina Dearman	24:45
126.	Abby Nutter	25:33
144.	Kim Thomas	25:54

BIG XII CHAMPIONSHIP (6K)

Place	Runner	Time
64.	Corrie Hussar	23:41
73.	Alaina Dearman	24:20
74.	Aisha Stringer	24:27
75.	Sinead Holt	24:28
76.	Stephanie Webb	24:30
78.	Amanda Luksetich	24:47
79.	Abby Nutter	25:39
91.	Jenny Ledford	26:06

Sooner Results -- Men

HURRICANE CROSS COUNTRY FESTIVAL (Four Miles)

Place	Runner	Time
3.	Brandon Kissack	20:29
9.	Joey McNair	20:55
13.	Darren Hutchens	21:23
23.	Cecil Rose	22:01
25.	Jason Brown	22:09
26.	Jarod Kelly	22:11
31.	Forrest Walker	22:45.

BOB TIMMONS INVITATIONAL (8K)

Place	Runner	Time
7.	Brandon Kissack	26:30.29
17.	Joey McNair	27:26.65
21.	Darren Hutchins	27:56.43
27.	Cecil Rose	28:25.13
29.	Jason Brown	28:40.68
33.	Forrest Walker	29:26.09
34.	Jarod Kelly	29:52.49
35.	Freddie Stephens	30:36.46.

SMU/RUN-ON INVITATIONAL (8K)

Place	Runner	Time
5.	Brandon Kissack	25:55.27
12.	Joey McNair	26:56.86
14.	Cecil Rose	27:41.46
17.	Darren Hutchins	27:57.20
20.	Jason Brown	28:16.86
26.	Forrest Walker	28:54.07
28.	Marco Torres	29:09.51
64.	Freddie Stephens	29:13.71
74.	Jarod Kelly	29:52.14
75.	Phillip Gordon	29:56.18
84.	Jeremiah Smith	30:41.85
87.	Simon Brewer	31:04.21

COWBOY JAMBOREE (8K)

Place	Runner	Time
28.	Brandon Kissack	25:39
61.	Joey McNair	26:30
108.	Cecil Rose	27:51
119.	Forrest Walker	28:14
120.	Jason Brown	28:16
124.	Marco Torres	28:36
125.	Jarod Kelly	28:32

CHILE PEPPER INVITATIONAL (10K)

Place	Runner	Time
36.	Brandon Kissack	31:36
44.	Sam Stalcup	32:01
59.	Joey McNair	32:27
88.	Cecil Rose	33:22
99.	Darren Hutchens	33:45
117.	Jarod Kelly	34:21
119.	Forrest Walker	34:28.
139.	Jeremiah Smith	34:33
150.	Jason Brown	35:10
158.	Marco Torres	35:45
160.	Trevor Gillum	35:53

BIG XII CHAMPIONSHIP (10K)

Place	Runner	Time
64.	Brandon Kissack	27:14
69.	Sam Stalcup	27:22
76.	Joey McNair	28:16
78.	Jason Brown	28:18
79.	Darren Hutchins	28:20
81.	Cecil Rose	28:55
83.	Jarod Kelly	29:18
100.	Jason Brown	29:50

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