ALVA, OKLAHOMA - Northwestern Oklahoma State opened their 2022 season with their opening meet competing in the Terry Masterson Twilight Classic at Fun Valley Park. The Rangers had three top 100 finishers in the meet helping the team place 11th overall.
"We were excited with the efforts of our programs in Kansas. It was a large meet with a multiple loop course which was new for many of our athletes.They competed hard and we are looking forward to moving to a more traditional race distance at Cameron next week. We will have an opportunity to build upon their accomplishments" stated coach Jill Lancaster!
Zachary Cox was the first Ranger to cross the finish line with a time of 21:54.57 placing 42nd out of 191 runners. The other two Rangers to finish in the top 100 were Davin Soto placing 47th with a time of 22:06.84 along with Salat Ibrahim in 59th at 22:38.31.
Jeremy Smith was up next for the Rangers with a time of 23:58.89 placing at 103. Northwestern was followed by six other finishers within 30 places of each other in Benjamin Morfin, Cooper Frymire, Draven Hidalgo, Liam Johnson, Willem Johnson, Jonathan Ylitalo.
Victor Kibet (27:19.93, 163rd) was next in line for the Rangers before Desmond Bible (27:48.31, 167th) and (Rosco Setzer 34:47.28) for the Rangers.
Northwestern will return to action on Friday September 9th as the team travels to Lawton, Oklahoma for the Aggie Duels meet hosted by Cameron University.
