NEWTON, KANSAS- Northwestern Oklahoma State Men's Cross Country competed in the Muthama-Rogers meet Saturday afternoon. The Rangers won the meet placing first out of eight teams and having the individual winner in Christian Franklin.

"Men's team came out and took care of business. The plan for them was to go out and win the meet as a team. Christian Franklin got first overall and we had seven guys earn top 20 finishes to receive awards" stated head coach Sterlin Broomfield.

Franklin finished the meet first out of 84 runners in the 8K with a time of 26:09.60 pacing the Rangers to the top finish.

Riley Herndon and James Fincher placed in the top five of the meet as well for the Rangers as Herndon was second on the Rangers fourth overall running the 8K in a time of 27:39.50 followed by Fincher running a time of 27:50.20 and a fifth place finish.

The Rangers had a fourth runner in the top 10 as Edward Robledo-Gonzalez placed 9th overall in the meet with a final time of 28:18.60.

Edgar Reyes and Zachary Cox were 11th and 13th in the meet as Reyes ran a time of 28.20.10 followed by Cox with a 28:26.20. Alan Lares was the seventh runner in the top 20 as Lares placed 18th in the meet with a time of 28:40.71.

Northwestern had three straight runners finish in a row as Aaron Medrano placed 21st with a time of 28:54.20, followed by Basheer Suied and Andrew Scott. Basheer Suied ran a 28:56.70 for a 22nd place finish. Scott ran a 29:10.00 for a 23rd place finish.

Muneer Suied ran a 29:51.70 in the Bethel meet as he finished 30th in the meet in front of teammate Salat Ibrahim finishing 31st with a 29:56.20 time. Crispus Atukwatse placed 37th overall in the meet with a time of 30:58.80.

Tristan Meeker and Ray Chavira were 53rd and 54th in the meet, running a 32:45.60 and a 32:46.70. Daxton Williams was 56th with a time of 33:09.40.

Kayden Carter and Johnathan Ylitalo are 74th and 77th in the meet with times of 37:27.10 and 38:43.20.

Northwestern returns to action on Friday, September 20th in Joplin, Missouri for the Missouri Southern Stampede