Men's Cross Country October 27, 2019

Northwestern’s Blanton places fourth at GAC Championship

ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – Northwestern Oklahoma State's Garrison Blanton, turned in the Rangers best finish in their NCAA Division II era at the Great American Conference Championship Saturday at the Ouachita Baptist Trails.

Blanton placed fourth at the water-logged 8K race in 25 minutes and 42.1 seconds to break his school record for the second consecutive race, this time by 10 seconds. He will compete at the NCAA Central Region Championship on November 9 at 9 a.m. in Joplin, Mo.

Oklahoma Baptist won the team competition by two points over Harding, while Dylan Douglas of Harding took the individual crown. Northwestern topped Southern Nazarene and Arkansas-Monticello.

Blanton turns in his second straight GAC All-Conference honor, while still being the lone Ranger to have ever received the accolade. He placed 13th last season.

Noble Buckhaults finished at the 27:04.6 mark to place 27th. He improves his mark in the record books moving into the fifth spot.

Kory Wilson clocked a time of 27:27.0 to end in 32nd place and placing 33rd with a time of 27:34.9 was Cody Schmidt, which moved into the top-10 all-time at 10th place.

Victor Cruz was Northwestern's fifth scoring runner crossing with a time of 28:08.9 in 36th place, to move up to 14th in the record book.

Other Rangers racing were: Deven Marshall (28:19.2), Moises Ortega (29:02.9) and Caleb Pierce (30:13.7).

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Players Mentioned

Garrison Blanton: Junior

Noble Buckhaults: Sophomore

Cody Schmidt: Sophomore

Victor Cruz: Junior

Deven Marshall: Junior

Kory Wilson: Freshman

Moises Ortega: Freshman

Caleb Pierce: Freshman

Players Mentioned

Garrison Blanton
: Junior

Noble Buckhaults
: Sophomore

Cody Schmidt
: Sophomore

Victor Cruz
: Junior

Deven Marshall
: Junior

Kory Wilson
: Freshman

Moises Ortega
: Freshman

Caleb Pierce
: Freshman