Men's Cross Country January 22, 2021

Rangers come in fifth at the Oklahoma Baptist Invitational

nuteSHAWNEE, Okla. – In the first race in almost 15 months, the Northwestern Oklahoma State University men's cross country team finished fifth at the Oklahoma Baptist Invitational at the Gordon Cooper Technology Center.

"I want to thank the Great American Conference and Northwestern administration for working together to make a season possible," stated Head Coach Jill Lancaster. "Today was a great start for us. We are happy to finally get out and compete for the first time in over a year."

Host Oklahoma Baptist won the event by just three points over East Central. Tim Jacobson and Noble Buckhaults were the top finishers for the Rangers. Jacobson had a time of 24:07.69, while Buckhaults finishing with a time of 24:07.98.

Chris Kincaid was NWOSU's third finisher, crossing at the 25:00.60 mark. The next three from Northwestern finished within a minute of each other, Nick Castillo had a time of 26:16.80, next with a time of 26:41.18 was Victor Cruz and then Nick Nakvinda had a time of 27:00.79.

Caleb Pierce completed the 6400-meter run with a time of 27:42.39 and David Clemente was the final Ranger finishing with a time of 30:07.04.

Finish	Team	Score	Scoring Order
1	Oklahoma Baptist	28	1-3-6-8-10 (11)(12)
2	East Central	31	2-4-5-7-13 (14)(16)
3	Wayland Baptist	89	9-17-18-19-26
4	Oklahoma City	115	15-22-23-24-31
5	Northwestern	121	20-21-25-27-28 (29)(30)

The Red-and-Black will return to action, Friday, Jan. 29, at the GAC Preview, hosted by Southwestern Oklahoma State in Weatherford, Okla.

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Players Mentioned

Noble Buckhaults: Junior

David Clemente: Junior

Victor Cruz: Senior

Caleb Pierce: Sophomore

Chris Kincaid: Senior

Tim Jacobson: Sophomore

Nick Castillo: Freshman

Nick Nakvinda: Freshman

Players Mentioned

Noble Buckhaults
: Junior

David Clemente
: Junior

Victor Cruz
: Senior

Caleb Pierce
: Sophomore

Chris Kincaid
: Senior

Tim Jacobson
: Sophomore

Nick Castillo
: Freshman

Nick Nakvinda
: Freshman