MCPHERSON, KANSAS - Northwestern Oklahoma State Men's Cross Country was in Kansas this weekend for the final meet before the Great American Conference Championships.
At the Carol Swenson Invite hosted by McPherson College, the Rangers placed first overall in the meet paced by Christian Franklin who placed first overall. This is his second meet win along with the second Rangers meet win as well.
The Rangers placed first overall ahead of Tabor by 28 points as the Rangers finished with 24. Following Northwestern was Tabor, Friends, Bethel, Bethany, and Sterling. Tabor was second with 52 points and Friends with 72 rounding out the top three.
Franklin was one of five Rangers placing inside the top five and one of two in the top five. He was first in the meet running the 8k in 25:45.42 his second fastest of the season.
Next for the Rangers was James Fincher placing second overall in the meet with a time of 26:14.87, which was his second fastest of the season. Collins Yego was sixth overall in the meet running his new personal record after finishing the meet in 26:50.8.
The next two Rangers were Riley Herndon and Alan Lares. Herndon finished the meet with a time of 26:57.6 for eighth overall in the meet. Lares finished the meet with his new PR which was 27:08.5 and placed 10th in the meet.
Northwestern finished with four more runners in the top 20, as Edward Robledo-Gonzalez finished the meet 11th. Robledo-Gonzalez ran a 27:16.9 which was his new season best. Running 15th overall in the meet was Salat Ibrahim running a 27:35.3 in the 8K meet.
Crispus Atukwatse was next for the Rangers as he ran 17th overall in the meet. His final time was 27:45.0 for his new season best of the year. Jordan Pierce was 20th overall in the meet running his new personal record with a time of 27:54.8.
Andrew Scott was 22nd overall for the meet after running the 8K in a time of 27:59.3 for the Rangers. Edgar Reyes, Zachary Cox, Basheer Suied were all in the top 30 for the Rangers.
Reyes finished the meet running a 27:59.4 placing 23rd overall for the Rangers. He was followed by Zachary Cox running 24th overall in the meet with a final time of 28:02.1 who ran his new season record at McPherson. Basheer Suied was next for the Rangers, running a 28:23.2 placing 29th overall at the Carol Swenson Invite.
Aaron Medrano was next for the Rangers running a 29:43.4 in the 8K placing him 41st overall in the meet. Tristan Meeker was next for Northwestern with a time of 30:37.7, this placed him 44th overall after running his new personal record. Benjamin Morfin was next for the Rangers as he ran a 31:11.8 placing 47th overall in the meet.
The Rangers next meet will be on October 26th in Ada, Oklahoma hosted by East Central University for the Great American Conference Championship meet.
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