North Newton, Kansas- Northwestern Oklahoma State Men's cross country ran in their third meet of the season on Saturday morning, apart of Bethel College's meet they were hosting. Northwestern would place in second place this morning with a score of 40 after Victor Kibet finished second in the race overall as well.

This is the first time the Rangers have finished as high as 2nd place for runner up in a meet since Northwestern has switched to Diviosn II for the highest finihsh in the Division II era.
 

"The teams have performed well in the past, but today we saw the team showed signs of a great team coming together. They performed well as a unit. Not everyone is going to have the best day at the same time they pulled together and were able to still get the job done. That shows promise for our future ahead," stated head coach Jill Lancaster.
 

The Rangers completed the race in second after Butler CC took first place with a score of 38, followed by the Rangers at 40 and Bethel (Kansas), finishing with a score of 44.  
 

The Saturday race would be an 8-kilometer race (4.97 miles) where the Rangers would have seven rangers finish with a score.
 

"There were a lot of men that stepped up to the plate today and showed that they have a lot of promise in the future. Our pack will get stronger as the season progresses," state coach Sterlin Broomfield
 

Victor Kibet was the Rangers' first runner to finish for the third straight week. On Saturday, he placed second overall in the race with a time of 26:57.34 and an average mile time of 5:25.4.
 

Zachary Cox finished the race in sixth for the Rangers with a time of 29:57.54 for an average time mile at 6:01.7. Draven Hidalgo was seventh after completing the race just behind Zachary Cox with a time of 29:58.92.
 

Cole Beets would run a 31:03.29 for an 11th place finish for the Rangers and an average mile time of 6:14.9. Following Beets would be Ray Chavira for the Rangers at 14th with a 31:26.38 time stamp. Victor Cruz ran a 31.29.40 for the Rangers finishing right behind Chavira for the second of three straight Rangers to cross the finish line. Cooper Frymire was next at 32.09.96 for Northwestern.
 

Freshman Morgan Cook ran a 33:05.40 for Northwestern, followed by Erick Ragan at 33:19.95 and Nick Castillo running a 34:54.02 for the Rangers finishing the race.
 

Northwestern will be back in action on Friday, September 24th, at the EMPORIA STATE XC INVITATIONAL hosted by Emporia State.

The final team standings were as followed below. The individual standings can be found at http://results.tfmeetpro.com/Goddard_Schools/MuthamaRogers_Bethel_College_XC_Meet_2021/#event2