Oklahoma Baptist cross-country cruises to victories

Oklahoma Baptist University’s Lady Bison cross country team cruised to a victory in the eight-team OBU Bison Invitational Saturday morning at Gordon Cooper Technology Center.
All five Oklahoma Baptist scorers crossed among the first 11 runners and OBU had seven runners in the first 15.
OBU’s men also dominated the field, which included fourth-ranked Oklahoma Christian.
Danielle Cummins covered the muddy course in 19:59 to finish third overall and first for the Lady Bison. Natalie Pedersen was a second behind her in fourth place, while Meredith Gardner claimed eighth in 20:06 and Jessica Herbert was ninth in 20:09.
Kayle Lee finished the scoring for OBU in 11th at 20:16. Sarah Taylor was 12th in 20:18 and Aubrie Dolliver was 15th in 20:18.
Also for the Lady Bison, Sara Branson was 24th in 20:54; Erica Rackley was 34th in 21:47; Brandy Moore was 36th in 21:59; Kirsten Stuckey was 39th in 22:20; Melissa Farias was 46th in 22:45; Samantha Kellogg was 47th in 22:51; Tatiana Stoltzfus was 50th in 23:03; Yesenia Avila was 52nd in 23:29; Amy McCarthy was 53rd in 23:39; and Katy Palmer was 56th in 24:56.
OBU finished with 35 points, followed by Oklahoma Christian with 61; East Central with 71; Southwestern (Kansas) with 85; Central Oklahoma with 102; Langston at 204; Oklahoma City at 207; and Northwestern Oklahoma State at 220.
Southwestern’s Amy Pierson won the individual title in 18:36.
OBU returns to action Oct. 24 at the Mid-States Classic in Winfield, Kan.
Men
Running at Gordon Cooper Technology Center, Craig Donnelley of OBU had a huge lead but made a wrong turn late in the race and was disqualified.
While the error gave the individual victory to East Central’s Jim Sutrick (25:43), it didn’t keep the 18th-ranked Bison from winning the meet.
Nathan Ellis slogged through the mud in a time of 25:59 to finish third overall and lead the OBU group to a first-place 35 with all five scorers across among the first 11 attached runners.
Southwestern Kansas finished second at 54, followed by East Central with 63, Oklahoma Christian with 71 and Langston with 155.
Neal Ellis was fifth (sixth including unattached runners) in 26:05. Brandon Dickinson was ninth in 26:25, Louie Cook was 11th in 26:32 and Caleb Clark was 14th in 26:37.
Michael Ivison was 16th in 26:41 and Trevor Martin was 20th in 27:08.
Also for OBU, Nick Blackwell was 26th in 27:25; Jordan Sinclair was 27th in 27:27; Ryan Brooks was 36th in 28:00; Nick Hermes was 40th in 28:30.1; Kyle Craddock was 41st in 28:30.3; Ben Moore was 46th in 28:47; and Dustin O’Day was 49th in 29:12.
Next action for the Bison is Oct. 24 at the Mid-States Classic in Winfield, Kan.