Sooners Cross Country Teams Head To SMU

Sept. 14, 2000

The Sooners will head to Dallas for their third meet of the 2000 season this weekend. The women will run a 5K race which will start at 9 a.m. while the men's race will be an 8K event and will begin at 9:30 a.m.

Teams (men's and women's squads) scheduled to compete in the SMU Invitational include McMurry, Texas-Dallas, Abilene Christian, Arkansas-Little Rock, Texas-El Paso, Tarleton State, Letourneau, Northwood, Texas A&M-Commerce and Angelo State. Women's teams from Ranger and Emporia State also will compete.

The Lineup for the SMU Invitational
Competing for the Sooner women will be Alania Dearman, Sinead Holt, Corrie Hussar, Abby Nitter, Sara Justice, Jenny Ledford, Amanda Luksetich, Kelli O' Rourke, Aishia Stringer, Kim Thomas, and Stephanie Webb. Running for the Sooner men Jason Brown, Jeremiah Smith, Trevor Gillium, Sam Stalcup, Darren Hutchins, Marco Torres, Jarod Kelly, Forest Walker, Brandon Kissack, Phillip Gordon, Jimmy Martinez, Freddie Stephens, Joey McNair, Simon Brewer, and Cecil Rose.

Coach Maycumber's Thoughts
"I was very happy with the women's performance. We finished second despite having two runners who were unable to finish the race because of asthma and injuries. While Brandon (Kissack) continues to be strong, I was disappointed in our men's team performance. Brandon had a very good performance. We will learn from last week."

Last Week
The women's team continued with its strong start this season by finishing second at the Bob Timmons Invitational. The team was led by Corrie Hussar, who turned in a time of 20:05.74, good for a second-place finish. Senior Stephanie Webb took fourth with a time of 20:13.74. Other Sooner results included Amanda Luksetich (21:14.30/11th), Alaina Dearman (21:23.08/14th) and Sinead Holt (21:29.18/15th). The 5K event was won by Kansas with 27 points.

The men finished fourth at the Timmons Invitational with 81 points. OU was again led by Brandon Kissack who finished seventh. True freshmen Joey McNair (27:26.65 - 17th) and Darren Hutchins (27:56.43 - 21st) finished second and third for OU. Other Sooner finishers were Cecil Rose (28:25.13/29th) and Jason Brown (28:40.68/33rd). Truman State won the men's competition with 36 points.

Up Next
OU will take next weekend off from competition. The Sooners will return to competition on Sept. 30 when they travel north to the Cowboy Invitational in Stillwater.

2000 Schedule/Results

September
	Meet	Location/Finish
1	Hurricane Invatational	M-3rd, W-2nd
9	Bob Timmons Invatational	M-4th, W-2nd
16	SMU Invitational	Dallas, Texas
30	Cowboy Jamboree	Stillwater, Okla.

October
14	Chili Pepper Invitational	Fayetteville, Ark.
28	Big 12 Championship	Boulder, Colo.

November
11	Midwest Regional Champ.	Waterloo, Iowa
20	NCAA Championship*	Ames, Iowa
(*) Qualifiers Only

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