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Oklahoma To Host Big 12 Cross Country Championships
October 24, 2001 | Cross Country
The University of Oklahoma will host the 2001 Big 12 Cross Country Championships at Jimmie Austin/OU Golf Course this Saturday. The men's 8,000-meter race will start at 10 a.m. and the women's 6,000-meter race will follow at 11 a.m.
Five-time defending men's Big 12 champion Colorado will be looking for a sixth consecutive title. The Buffaloes come into the meet ranked number one in the nation. Meanwhile, the CU women, currently ranked 10th nationally, will be going after their third consecutive title. Colorado has won four of the five women's conference titles since the first race in 1996. Kansas State broke the string in 1998.
Squads from Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas A&M and Texas Tech will join the Sooners and Buffaloes in the competition.
The Last Time Out
The Sooners last ran in the Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival in Fayetteville, Ark., on Oct. 13.
The men showed significant improvement with a 12th-place finish in the 10k race. Brandon Kissack led the way for the Sooners with a time of 31:33 followed by Jimmy Buchanan with a 31:57 and Joey McNair who had a 32:10.
On the women's side Joni Alexander, Amanda Luksetich and Jackie Dubois were the top three finishers for the Sooners in the 6k run.
Times posted in the Chile Pepper were career bests for six returning runners, including Kissack, as well as three newcomers. For the Sooner women, times were career bests for one OU returnee, Kim Thomas, and five newcomers.
Sooners Named to All-Academic Team
OU placed eight student-athletes on the 2001 Big 12 All-Academic Cross Country team, the conference officials announced this week.
OU's eight honorees were all named to the first team. First-team honorees had at least a cumulative 3.20 grade point average or a 3.20 grade point average over the last two semesters. In addition, all nominees had to participate in at least 60 percent of the scheduled meets. Transfers and true freshmen were not eligible for the team.
Choctaw sophomore Darren Hutchins led the Sooner selections. He has a 3.95 grade point average in mathematics/biostatistics.
Other honorees for OU and their class/hometown/major included Alaina Dearman, junior, Dallas, Texas, zoology; Amanda Luksetich, sophomore, Houston, Texas, civil engineering; Kelli O'Rourke, junior, Jenks, Okla., psychology; Kim Thomas, sophomore, McAlester, Okla., university college; Trevor Gillum, sophomore, Durant, Okla., mechanical engineering; Cecil Rose, senior, Missouri City, Texas, management; and Freddie Stephens, sophomore, Elgin, Okla., electrical engineering.
Up Next
The Big 12 Championship marks the last meet of the regular season for the Sooners before OU travels to the NCAA Midwest Regional. The regional will be held Sat., Nov. 10, in Carbondale, Ill.
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