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Sooner Men Finish Third In Cross Country Opener :: McNair finishes second overall to lead OU.

Sooner Men Finish Third In Cross Country Opener :: McNair finishes second overall to lead OU.
 
 
 

 
Junior Joey McNair finished second to lead OU in the season opener.
  
 
Sooner Men Finish Third In Cross Country Opener

McNair finishes second overall to lead OU.

Sept. 7, 2002

AUGUSTA, Kan. - Junior Joey McNair finished second in the men's race to lead the Sooners to a third-place team finish in the 54th Annual John "JK" Kornelson Gold Classic today. The Sooner women were finished fourth overall in the meet held at RAFT Golf Course.

The Sooner men were just 12 points behind first-place Southwest Missouri State as sophomore Jimmy Buchanan and junior Darren Hutchins joined McNair in the top 10.

"I was very pleased with the way our men ran today," said head Sooner cross country coach Rodney Rothoff. "They followed our race plan to perfection. We planned to go out slow and pick up the pace as the race came to an end. I was very pleased with the effort and feel very positive about what I saw today after just 10 practices."

Amanda Luksetich led the Sooner women, finishing 18th. Southwest Missouri State finished first in the five-team meet.

"Our women still have a lot of work to do and they need to be better prepared mentally to run the race," Rothoff added.

OU will be in competition again on Sept. 21 when the Sooners travel to the SMU Invitational.

54th Annual John "JK" Kornelson Gold Classic Men's Results - 4 Mile Run

Team Scores

--1. Southwest Missouri State 48; 2. Wichita State 58; 3 Oklahoma 60; 4. Pratt Community CC 95; 5. Hutchinson CC 117; 6. Cowley County CC 126; 7. McPherson College 192

Winner -- 1. Gandara, Hector, Pratt Community CC,20:43.93

OU Results - 2. McNair, Joey, 20:46.16; 7. Buchanan, Jimmy, 21:23.85; 8. Hutchins, Darren, 21:28.42; 20. Mullholland, John, 22:43.42; 23. Brown, Jason, 22:57.67; 26. Grona, Billy, 23:09.88; 27. Call, Andrew, 23:12.07; 28. Gillum, Trevor, 23:16.60; 37. Howarth, Kevin, 24:20.50

Women's Results - 3.1 Mile

Team Scores

-- 1. Southwest Missouri State 23; 2. Oklahoma State 38; 3. Cowley County CC 97; 4. Oklahoma 111; 5 Wichita State 121

Winner - 1. Daro, Rebekah, Southwest Missouri, 18:24.24

OU Results -- 16. Luksetich, Amanda, 20:45.33; 22. Thomas, Kim, 21:51.43; 23. Miller, Julie, 22:08.52; 24. Dearman, Alaina, 22:13.43; 26. Dubois, Jackie, 22:51.25; 28. Justice, Sara, 23:06.26; 29. Leonard, Emily, 23:25.36; 40. Johnson, Tiffany, 24:59.59