Oklahoma Baptist covered the cross country course at Lubbock Christian University with a team time of 1:37.49 to claim the Sooner Athletic Conference women’s cross country title Friday before the Bison took second in the men’s race.
“The girls did really well,” said OBU coach Ford Mastin. “Our guys didn’t have the times we would have wanted, but it wasn’t a lack of effort. Both our men and women ran hard. There were some good teams here.”
OBU’s women finished with 46 points to hold off Oklahoma Christian with 61 and Lubbock Christian with 71. Wayland Baptist was fourth with 84, followed by Southern Nazarene at 128, Oklahoma City at 180, Northwestern Oklahoma State at 181 and Mid-America Christian at 182.
The Lady Bison, earning a trip to the national meet Nov. 21 in Vancouver, Wash., were led by Natalie Pedersen in fourth place at 19:07.36 with Kayla Lee ninth (19:34), Jessica Herbert 10th (19:41), Meredith Gardner 11th (19:43.21) and Danielle Cummins 12th (19:43.88).
All five OBU scorers earned all-conference honors.
Sarah Taylor was 18th (20:10.54), Aubrie Dolliver 19th (20:17), Melissa Farias 34th (22:22), Yesenia Avila was 36th (22:41), Amy McCarthy 37th (22:49), Samantha Kellogg 40th (23:19), Kirsten Stuckey 41st (23:20), Katy Palmer 44th (24:21) and Lacy Haren 48th 25:57.
Oklahoma Christian’s Kristen Rosenau won the race in 18:53.02.
Oklahoma Christian won the men’s meet with 48 points. OBU was second at 64, followed by Lubbock Christian at 77, Wayland at 84, SNU at 86, Northwestern State at 196, OCU at 203 and Mid-America at 205.
OBU had three all-conference runners in Nathan Ellis, Caleb Clark and Justin Stroup.
Ellis was seventh in 25:57, followed by Clark in eighth at 25:59 and Stroup in 14th at 36:31.
Rounding out OBU’s scoring were Neal Ellis at 17th (26:39) Craig Donnelley 18th (26:45). Brandon Dickinson 19th (26:46) and Michael Ivison 22nd (27:01).
The Bison, who could move on to the national meet with an at-large berth, await Sunday’s final rating.
If OBU fails to qualify as a team, Ellis would advance as an individual qualifier.
Also representing OBU’s men Friday were Louie Cook, 28th (27:28), Nick Blackwell 31st (27:35), Trevor Martin 32nd (27:42), Jordan Sinclair 39th (28:08), Nick Hermes 46th (28:54), Ben Moore 49th (29:01.04), Ryan Brooks 50th (29:01.44), and Kyle Craddock at 29:25.
SHAWNEE, Okla. —
