Cowboys Strong in Outdoor Season Opener

Oklahoma State's men's track team opened the outdoor season with a strong showing at the Tulsa Duels behind a steady performance from senior Sean McCabe.

McCabe, a senior from Duncan, Okla., has been one of the Cowboys' top runners this year and continued his steady senior campaign by setting a new personal record in the 800-meter run. McCabe finished third in the event with a time of 1:52.82. That time is more than six seconds faster than his previous record of 1:59.75. Also in that event, junior Ryan Ripley also set a personal record as he finished fourth with a time of 1:53.80.

“Sean (McCabe) ran a very good race, especially for someone who typically doesn't run the 800 (meter run),” said Cowboy assistant coach Dave Smith. “He ran hard, got ahead of the pack early and really pushed the pace.”

Also in the 800-meter run, senior Justin Nobles finished sixth with a time of 1:55.14. Sophomore Brian Wall finished 21^st. Junior David Foster and sophomore Aaron Rivera finished 27^th and 29^th, respectively.

Junior Terry Josserand had a solid outing in his first hurdles event of the season as he finished third in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 53.44.

In the 3,000-meter run, sophomore Brian Gosnell finished ninth with a time of 8:55.97. Chad Johnson, a freshman from Kingwood, Texas, finished 14^th in that event.

Cowboy freshman Peter Doroshuk finished ninth in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:03.65 and freshman Montana Keller finished 18^th.

“It feels good to start the outdoor season like this,” said McCabe. “Our goal was to have everybody peak towards the end of indoor season going into outdoor (season) and I think we are all ready.”

The Cowboys will be in action next weekend as they compete in the Stanford Invitational.

Oklahoma State University Athletics

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