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Cross Country
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University of Oklahoma Athletics
Women's Cross Country Wins Stampede
September 18, 2004 | Cross Country
In her first race of the season, sophomore Jessica Eldridge (
In the men's 8k race, sophomore Jason Coleman (Watonga, Okla.) finished in the top 10 again with a career-best run of 24:58.38, leading the men to a fourth-place overall finish.
Eldridge's time is the fourth fastest women's 5k mark in school history. It was also the first time the Sooner women had ever won in a field greater than 12 teams.
“The women had a great finish,” OU head coach Rodney Rothoff said, “and I was very pleased with the fourth-place run by the men. Jessica took off from where she left in track.”
Eldridge, sophomores Nicola Maye (
“The teams at this race were very competitive,” Rothoff said. “Today's effort definitely puts us one step closer to the goals we set for ourselves.”
Maye scored her fifth-career top-10 with a ninth-place run out of 216 competitors.
Dubois, who finished 32nd, also broke her personal record by two minutes with an incredible effort to keep her team in the lead.
“Jackie was incredible,” Rothoff said. “I think she really proved something today.”
Former Jenks High School teammates, sophomore Andrea Bonner (Tulsa, Okla.) and junior Julie Swagerty (Tulsa, Okla.), finished 61st and 64th, respectively. Senior Emily Leonard (
For the men, junior Blake Culp (
“The men ran much better than they did at the last meet,” Rothoff said. “However, we still need to work on staying together as a group.”
The weather in
“It was a very fast race in fairly warm conditions,” Rothoff said.
Sophomore Salah Hussein (
The times for Culp (25:27), Penland (26:07), Grona (26:49) are personal records. It is the second consecutive race that these three have set career-best marks.
The Sooners have next weekend off before heading to
Women's Team Standings
1.
Oklahoma
78
2.
Arkansas
79
3.
SMSU
119
4.
Truman
167
5.
Tulsa
180
6.
Oklahoma Baptist
195
7.
Harding
205
8.
Pittsburg State
223
9.
Missouri Southern
230
10.
Abiliene Christian
248
11.
Oral Roberts
334
12.
Southwest Baptist
339
13.
Mid-America Nazarene
369
14.
Southern Nazarene
381
15.
Drury
398
16.
Oklahoma Christian
450
17.
Lincoln University
457
18.
East Central (Okla.)
467
19.
Central Oklahoma
492
20.
Park University
533
21.
Missouri-Rolla
536
22.
Southeastern Oklahoma
656
23.
Ottawa University
707
24.
William Jewell
739
| OU Women's Individual Finishes | ||
| 2. | Jessica Eldridge | 16:41.96 |
| 9. | Nicola Maye | 17:42.77 |
| 15. | Catherine Odell | 18:02.70 |
| 20. | Aja Clark | 18:17.14 |
| 32. | Jackie Dubois | 18:46.51 |
| 61. | Andrea Bonner | 19:35.04 |
| 64. | Julie Swagerty | 19:39.95 |
| 186. | Emily Leonard | 22:28.11 |
| Men's Team Standings | ||
| 1. | Arkansas | 20 |
| 2. | Harding | 72 |
| 3. | Oklahoma State | 95 |
| 4. | Oklahoma | 109 |
| 5. | SMSU | 200 |
| 6. | Missouri Southern | 238 |
| 7. | East Central (Okla.) | 268 |
| 8. | Drury | 276 |
| 9. | Pittsburg State | 284 |
| 10. | Oklahoma Baptist | 293 |
| 11. | Mid-America Nazarene | 307 |
| 12. | Oklahoma Christian | 326 |
| 13. | Southwestern | 332 |
| 14. | Tulsa | 339 |
| 15. | Missouri-Rolla | 349 |
| 16. | William Jewell | 411 |
| 17. | Cowley College | 446 |
| 18. | Oral Roberts | 457 |
| 19. | Park University | 510 |
| 20. | Missouri Valley College | 513 |
| 21. | Ottawa University | 524 |
| 22. | Coffeyville Community College | 596 |
| OU Men's Individual Finishes | ||
| 10. | Jason Coleman | 24:58.38 |
| 24. | Blake Culp | 25:27.80 |
| 35. | Tyler Schmiedeberg | 25:54.58 |
| 39. | Jason Penland | 26:07.18 |
| 52. | Andrew Call | 26:26.24 |
| 63. | Salah Hussein | 26:38.95 |
| 73. | Billy Grona | 26:49.44 |
| 74. | Aldwyn Sappleton | 26:51.00 |
| 96. | John Mullholland | 27:33.60 |
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