Oklahoma State University Athletics
Teeters Picks Up First-Team All-America Honor
June 10, 2016 | Cowboy Cross Country & Track
EUGENE, Ore. – Oklahoma's own John Teeters put a bow on his Cowboy career with another All-America honor and a fifth-place finish Friday at the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Oregon.
"I just blacked out and ran," Teeters said. "It was so close that I didn't even know who won when I crossed the line."
There was a headwind that hindered the times of the fastest race of the collegiate season, and Teeters' 10.26 was only four-hundredths of a second from the winning time.
"At an NCAA meet, I would say that the time is the time, but everybody here has the potential to be a 10.0 or 9.9 guy," Teeters said. "It just comes down to who wants to win."
Teeters transferred to OSU from the University of Tulsa after his freshman year with the Golden Hurricane. In his three seasons with the Cowboys under sprints coach Diego Flaquer, Teeters scored 11 times for OSU at the Big 12 Indoor and Outdoor Championships, and finished as the runner-up in the 60-, 100-and 200-meter dashes at conference meets four times.
He was the anchor-leg for the 2015 Cowboy 4X100-meter relay team, which was the first relay team to reach an NCAA Championship since 1980.
With his honor Friday at the Outdoor Championships, it gives him three first-team All-America honors, including a national runner-up performance at the 2015 Indoor Championships a year ago.
"All indoor season I was kind of down because I had done all of it before," Teeters said. "For outdoors, just making the final the other day, it was amazing. I just thought, 'I'm here. This is happening.'"
During his Cowboy tenure, Teeters set the school record in the 60-meter dash at 6.52 seconds, and the 100-meter dash at 9.91 seconds (wind-aided).
"I had a lot of ambitions and goals that I was a little short of," Teeters said. "But one thing that is crazy about this year is that I grew a lot as a person. This was by far the biggest year struggle-wise, and to come out of it a better person, it was a great year."
In the 5,000-meter final, Big 12 Freshman of the Year Cerake Geberkidane finished 11th and 2015 Big 12 cross country champion Vegard Oelstad took 16th. The race was Geberkidane and Oelstad's first NCAA Outdoor Championships appearance.
Overall, the Cowboys finished with 14 points in 15th place for their second-highest finish under coach Dave Smith. The Florida Gators dethroned defending champion Oregon for the 2016 men's title, scoring 62.
The women's competition concludes tomorrow and thus the NCAA outdoor season. Kaela Edwards (1,500m) and Ingeborg Loevnes (steeplechase) are scheduled to take the track at 5:41 and 5:54 p.m. CT, respectively. Aurora Dybedokken concludes OSU's outdoor campaign with the 5,000-meter final at 7:25 p.m. CT.
NCAA Outdoor Championships | June 10, 2016 | Eugene, Ore.
Men's Results
100 Meter Final
5. John Teeters – 10.26 (-2.3)
5,000 Meter Final
11. Cerake Geberkidane – 13:53.70
16. Vegard Oelstad – 13:55.66
Men's Team Results
1. Florida – 62 pts.
2. Arkansas – 56
3. Texas A&M – 50
4. Oregon – 48
5. LSU – 41
6. Tennessee – 30
7. Virginia – 20
8. Virginia Tech – 19
9. Mississippi State – 18
10. Houston – 17
10. Nebraska – 17
...
15. Oklahoma State – 14
"I just blacked out and ran," Teeters said. "It was so close that I didn't even know who won when I crossed the line."
There was a headwind that hindered the times of the fastest race of the collegiate season, and Teeters' 10.26 was only four-hundredths of a second from the winning time.
"At an NCAA meet, I would say that the time is the time, but everybody here has the potential to be a 10.0 or 9.9 guy," Teeters said. "It just comes down to who wants to win."
Teeters transferred to OSU from the University of Tulsa after his freshman year with the Golden Hurricane. In his three seasons with the Cowboys under sprints coach Diego Flaquer, Teeters scored 11 times for OSU at the Big 12 Indoor and Outdoor Championships, and finished as the runner-up in the 60-, 100-and 200-meter dashes at conference meets four times.
He was the anchor-leg for the 2015 Cowboy 4X100-meter relay team, which was the first relay team to reach an NCAA Championship since 1980.
With his honor Friday at the Outdoor Championships, it gives him three first-team All-America honors, including a national runner-up performance at the 2015 Indoor Championships a year ago.
"All indoor season I was kind of down because I had done all of it before," Teeters said. "For outdoors, just making the final the other day, it was amazing. I just thought, 'I'm here. This is happening.'"
During his Cowboy tenure, Teeters set the school record in the 60-meter dash at 6.52 seconds, and the 100-meter dash at 9.91 seconds (wind-aided).
"I had a lot of ambitions and goals that I was a little short of," Teeters said. "But one thing that is crazy about this year is that I grew a lot as a person. This was by far the biggest year struggle-wise, and to come out of it a better person, it was a great year."
In the 5,000-meter final, Big 12 Freshman of the Year Cerake Geberkidane finished 11th and 2015 Big 12 cross country champion Vegard Oelstad took 16th. The race was Geberkidane and Oelstad's first NCAA Outdoor Championships appearance.
Overall, the Cowboys finished with 14 points in 15th place for their second-highest finish under coach Dave Smith. The Florida Gators dethroned defending champion Oregon for the 2016 men's title, scoring 62.
The women's competition concludes tomorrow and thus the NCAA outdoor season. Kaela Edwards (1,500m) and Ingeborg Loevnes (steeplechase) are scheduled to take the track at 5:41 and 5:54 p.m. CT, respectively. Aurora Dybedokken concludes OSU's outdoor campaign with the 5,000-meter final at 7:25 p.m. CT.
NCAA Outdoor Championships | June 10, 2016 | Eugene, Ore.
Men's Results
100 Meter Final
5. John Teeters – 10.26 (-2.3)
5,000 Meter Final
11. Cerake Geberkidane – 13:53.70
16. Vegard Oelstad – 13:55.66
Men's Team Results
1. Florida – 62 pts.
2. Arkansas – 56
3. Texas A&M – 50
4. Oregon – 48
5. LSU – 41
6. Tennessee – 30
7. Virginia – 20
8. Virginia Tech – 19
9. Mississippi State – 18
10. Houston – 17
10. Nebraska – 17
...
15. Oklahoma State – 14
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