Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboys Finish Third at Cowboy Jamboree
October 01, 2005 | Cowboy Cross Country & Track
Led by junior Joseph Gray, the Cowboys finished three runners in the top-25 and claimed third-place honors behind first-place Arkansas and second-place Abilene Christian at the Oklahoma State Cross Country Course.
Gray finished with a time of 25:43 to finish ninth overall in the 8k race. Redshirt freshman Matt Barnes-Smith finished 11th with a time of 25:49 and senior Sean McCabe finished 23rd with a time of 26:18. Ryan Birkholz, the highly touted freshman from Burlington, Wisc., finished 32nd with a time of 26:39 and junior David Pomies' time of 26:40 was good for a 34th-place finish. Sophomore Alejandro Ruiz and freshman Montana Keller rounded out the Cowboy runners. Ruiz finished 36th and Keller finished 114th.
“I feel really good about the day,” said Cowboy assistant coach Dave Smith. ”We wanted to come out here and run conservative and I think the guys stuck with the plan and ran a very good race overall.”
Running unattached, Cowboy new comers Mike Devenport and Peter Doroshuk made strong showings. Devenport, a senior transfer from Portland State finished with a time of 25:57 while the freshman Doroshuk finished with a time of 26:39. Freshman Daniel Watts finished with a time of 27:04.
Arkansas' Joseph Boit claimed his second straight first-place finish at the Jamboree. The Eldoret, Kenya native finished with a time of 24:33. Arkansas was ranked No. 2 in this week's national rankings.
