Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboy freshman Alec Haines
Magnani Leads Team USA at World Championships
March 26, 2017 | Cowboy Cross Country & Track, Cowgirl Cross Country & Track
Haines finishes 58th in U20 men's race
KAMPALA, Uganda – Oklahoma State freshman and Big 12 Cross Country Newcomer of the Year Michelle Magnani finished 37th in the under-20 women's race to lead Team USA at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships Sunday in Kampala, Uganda.
Magnani, a Cowgirl freshman from Moorpark, California, finished the six-kilometer race through the Kololo Independence Ground in 21:32 to help the American junior women claim 12th place in the Ugandan capital city.
"Michelle backed up her junior national championship by finishing as the USA No. 1," Oklahoma State coach Dave Smith said. "She's a rapidly rising talent in U.S. distance running."
OSU was represented in the U20 men's race as well by Cowboy freshman Alec Haines, who finished 58th.
Haines advanced to the World Championships as the seventh-fastest man at the U.S. Junior Championships in Bend, Oregon, but was the No. 4 American finisher in Kampala with his time of 26:28 in the 8K run.
"I'm incredibly proud of Alec and Michelle," Smith said. "They work really hard and chase their dreams with passion. They're fantastic representatives for OSU, and now, the USA."
The U.S. junior men took ninth overall.
Ethiopia won both the men's and women's junior team titles, while the Ethiopian men also took the senior team title and Kenya won the senior women's title.
Team USA finished fifth on both the men's and women's side of the senior races, and former Cowboy All-American Shadrack Kipchirchir finished 21st for the U.S. as the third-best finishing American man in the race.
Magnani, a Cowgirl freshman from Moorpark, California, finished the six-kilometer race through the Kololo Independence Ground in 21:32 to help the American junior women claim 12th place in the Ugandan capital city.
"Michelle backed up her junior national championship by finishing as the USA No. 1," Oklahoma State coach Dave Smith said. "She's a rapidly rising talent in U.S. distance running."
OSU was represented in the U20 men's race as well by Cowboy freshman Alec Haines, who finished 58th.
Haines advanced to the World Championships as the seventh-fastest man at the U.S. Junior Championships in Bend, Oregon, but was the No. 4 American finisher in Kampala with his time of 26:28 in the 8K run.
"I'm incredibly proud of Alec and Michelle," Smith said. "They work really hard and chase their dreams with passion. They're fantastic representatives for OSU, and now, the USA."
The U.S. junior men took ninth overall.
Ethiopia won both the men's and women's junior team titles, while the Ethiopian men also took the senior team title and Kenya won the senior women's title.
Team USA finished fifth on both the men's and women's side of the senior races, and former Cowboy All-American Shadrack Kipchirchir finished 21st for the U.S. as the third-best finishing American man in the race.
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