Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboys Take Second, Cowgirls Third at Hurricane Festival
September 02, 2007 | Cowboy Cross Country & Track
Oklahoma State's men's and women's cross country teams opened their respective seasons at the Hurricane Cross Country Festival today in Tulsa, Okla., where the men's B team finished second with 37 points and the women's B team finished third with 79 points.
“It's really encouraging to go out there with your B team and be that close in times with one of the top teams in the conference,” Men's Head Coach Dave Smith said. “OU ran its varsity team against our B team, but we weren't far off from winning the race. It was a good day and we got done what needed to be done.”
Junior Brian Gosnell placed third in the four-mile festival with a time of 19:48. His teammates Tucker Weems, Ryan Birkholz and Jerhoemee Murray rounded out the top ten with times of 19:53, 19:54 and 20:09.
The Cowgirls didn't compete with their main cross country runners. Instead, coach Rene Sepulveda took some of the women's track team.
“Even though it was a cross country race, we wanted to get the track team involved,” Sepulveda said. “We took a lot of sprinters, jumpers and throwers and I was really pleased because all the girls finished. We weren't really looking for a certain place finish and I was happy that they competed well for two miles.”
Redshirt freshman Irene Masai finished 14th in the two-mile run with a time of 12:37. There were four other Cowgirls finishing in the top 20, including freshmen Teran Mixon and Brittany Brewer, senior Meghan Sullivan and junior Tihana Sarac.
The Cowgirls will compete with their B team again on Sept. 7th when they travel to Wichita, Kan., for the Friends Invitational. The Cowboys won't compete again until Sept. 29th when OSU hosts the annual Cowboy Jamboree.
Men's Final Team Standings
1) Oklahoma, 24 points
2) Oklahoma State, 37 points
3) Tulsa, 65 points
Oklahoma State Men's Individual Results
3) Brian Gosnell, 19:48
6) Tucker Weems, 19:53
7) Ryan Birkholz, 19:54
10) Jerhoemee Murray, 20:09
11) Clay Mayes, 20:25
13) Peter Doroshuk, 20:29
Women's Final Team Standings
1) Oklahoma, 21 points
2) Tulsa, 35 points
3) Oklahoma State, 79 points
Oklahoma State Women's Individual Results
14) Irene Masai, 12:37
16) Teran Mixon, 12:41
17) Brittany Brewer, 12:42
19) Meghan Sullivan, 13:11
20) Tihana Sarac, 14:24
21) Mateja Posavec, 14:47
22) Kimberly Johnson, 14:49
23) Fey Bashorun, 14:51
24) Clarissa Andrews, 14:51
25) Baiba Blumbaha, 14:59
26) Laura Hawkey, 15:19
27) Julie Radar, 16:59
28) Brandi Broaddus, 18:04
29) Merritt Dietz, 18:56
30) Alina Roman, 18:58
31) Destyn Stallings, 19:49
32) Breanna Reavis, 19:50
33) Deleanor Kirkpatrick, 19:51
34) Kaitlin Hamilton, 19:52
