Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboys Place Second at Jayhawk Invitational
June 21, 1999 | Cowboy Cross Country & Track
September 12, 1998
LAWRENCE, Kan. - Oklahoma State's Cowboy cross country team earned 48 team points as they finished second out of 16 teams at the Jayhawk Invitational at Rim Rock Farm in Lawrence, Kan. today.
Second-ranked Arkansas won the men's division with 31 points. The Razorbacks, who finished as the national runner-up last year, had eight of nine participating runners finish in the top twenty.
All OSU participating runners finished in the top 50, and three Cowboys placed in the top ten as Oklahoma State posted an average time of 25:36.70. The Cowboys were paced by Brian Young who finished third with a time of 24:59.52. Both Chuck Sloan and Gitogo Churu also placed in the top ten. Sloan finished 8th with a 25:31.57 mark, and Churu recorded a time of 25:37.93 in his tenth place finish.
Both the men's and women's teams will be in action September 19th as the women travel to the Nebraska Invitational and the men will be running in the Big Cross 98.
Men's Team Results 1. Arkansas-Fayetteville 31 2. Oklahoma State 48 3. Abilene Christian 77 4. Missouri 114 5. Southern Illinois 164 6. Mankato State 204 7. Kansas 257 8. South Dakota 261 9. Truman State 272 10. Pittsburg State 282 11. Emporia State 312 12. SW Texas State 319 13. Baylor 326 14. Oklahoma 332 15. Missouri Southern 386 16. Missouri-Rolla 454OSU Individual Results 3. Brian Young 24:59.52 8. Chuck Sloan 25:31.57 10. Gitogo Churu 25:37.93 11. Jerry Rainey 25:43.44 16. Rene Carlsen 26:11.03 27. Bruce Wright 26:52.67 40. Mike Cliff 27:25.53 43. Ben Phillips 27:31.71
