XC Women Take First At Texas Tech

LUBBOCK, Texas — The University of Oklahoma men's and women's cross country teams returned to action for their second regular season meet in Lubbock, Texas, at the Texas Tech Open on Saturday.

Texas Tech Open Standings (Women)
Finish	School
1st	Oklahoma
2nd	West Texas A&M
3rd	Baylor
4th	Texas Tech
5th	New Mexico State
6th	New Mexico
7th	Lubbock Christian
8th	UTEP
9th	Western New Mexico
10th	Eastern New Mexico
11th	Amarillo College
12th	UT-Permian Basin
13th	Sul Ross State

Texas Tech Open Standings (Men)
Finish	School
1st	New Mexico
2nd	Oklahoma
3rd	Texas Tech
4th	West Texas A&M
5th	UTEP
6th	Western New Mexico
7th	New Mexico State
8th	Lubbock Christian
9th	Ranger
10th	Amarillo College
11th	Western Texas College
12th	UT-Permian Basin
13th	Sul Ross State

Both squads brought home top-two finishes. The OU women finished first with a combined time of 1:52:08.70, the first first-place finish in the Fields era, while the men took second with a time of 2:07:35.58.

"The women's team is really excited for this win," said associate head coach Hannah Fields. "With it being our first team win in five years, we are definitely using this momentum going into these coming weeks of training before the next meet. The girls worked so well together today and I couldn't be more proud of how they all elevated one another."

Our guys are happy to walk away with a second place finish, especially knowing that we came out with the top finish out of the teams in the Big 12. It was a rocky day for some of them, so if this is a B level performance, then I know good things are around the corner when everyone is healthy. Everything is moving in the right direction and we are all looking forward to building on top of this in training and executing our vision

Sophomore Antonio Florcruz (24:51.88) led the men's side with a fifth-place finish and graduate student Jordyn Kaplan (22:12.80) paced the women in fifth place.

The Sooners return to the course Sept. 30 in Fayetteville, Ark., for the Chili Pepper XC Festival.

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OU INDIVIDUAL FINISHERS
WOMEN'S 6K – 1^st– 1:52:08.70
5^th – Jordyn Kaplan – 22:12.80
7^th – Sierra Williams – 22:23.80
8^th – Erin O'Brien - 22:25.90
10^th – Gabi Barrera – 22:29.00
11^th – Madeline Medina – 22:37.20
20^th – Nicole Clifford – 23:08.00
24^th – Tarryn Lowry – 23:29.30
40^th – Elise Welch – 24:36.20

MEN'S 8K – 2^nd – 2:07:35.58
5^th – Antonio Florcruz – 24:51.88
8^th – Colin Caso – 25:18.57
9^th – Anass Mghari – 25:21.64
18^th – Fernando Morales – 25:36.42
36^th – Logan Seger – 26:27.07
39^th – Jordan Gledhill – 26:31.99
40^th - Thomas Knepshield – 26: 35.12

Players Mentioned

Gabi Barrera

Colin Caso

Nicole Clifford

Antonio Florcruz

Jordan Gledhill

Jordyn Kaplan

Thomas Knepshield

Tarryn Lowry

Madeline Medina

Anass Mghari

Fernando Morales

Erin O'Brien

Logan Seger

Elise Welch

Sierra Williams

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