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Cross Country earns three top-20 finishes at Cowboy Jamboree
09.18.2021 | Track & Field / Cross Country
Haftu Knight and Yaseen Abdalla finish in the top 10 of men's 8K.
STILLWATER, Okla. – The Longhorns earned three top-10 finishes at Cowboy Jamboree at the OSU Cross Country course Saturday morning.
The men began the day in the 8K and scored 95 points to finish fourth in a stacked field behind No. 1 ranked NAU, host team and No. 6 OSU and No. 12 Colorado. Haftu Knight earned the top finish on both sides for the Longhorns, crossing the finish line with a time of 23:54.20 to finish seventh.
Off his first collegiate win at the Tornado Watch Invitational, Yaseen Abdalla finished 10th with a personal-best time of 23:57.46. Closing out the top-20 finishers was sophomore Rodger Rivera who finished in 24:12.95 to finish 18th overall.
Beth Ramos also earned a top-20 finish on the women's side in the 6K, finishing the race with a time of 21:39.39 to finish 18th. Freshman Eva Jess added a 25th-place finish after winning her collegiate opener with a time of 22:01.95. Close behind was Alexa Rodriguez who finished with a time of 22:17.78.
The women finished sixth overall, scoring 170 points.
The Longhorns return to Texas for its next competition inn Pflugerville for the Concordia Classic on Sept. 24.
Men's Team Standings
1.No. 1 NAU – 3-4-5-13-16 (41 pts)
2.No. 6 OSU – 1-6-10-23-24 (64 pts)
3.No. 12 Colorado – 2-8-12-20-22 (64 pts)
4.Texas – 7-9-19-27-36 (98 pts)
5. No. 8 Tulsa – 11-15-28-33-39 (125 pts)
Texas Men's Individual Results
1.Haftu Knight – 23:54.2
2.Yaseen Abdalla – 23:57.5
3.Rodger Rivera – 24:13.0
4.Cruz Gomez – 24:31.4
5.Sam Bass – 25:007
6.Isaac Alonzo – 25:17.3
7.Brendan Hebert – 25:48.1
8.Abraham Avila-Martinez – 26:08.2
Women's Team Standings
1.No. 8 Colorado – 3-5-6-7-9 (30 pts)
2.No. 23 Oklahoma State – 1-2-4-8-20 (35 pts)
3.Utah Valley- 11-17-22-30-34 (114 pts)
4.Tulsa – 14-19-25-33-36 (127 pts)
5.Unattached-OSU - 15-16-23-49-52 (155 pts)
6.Texas – 18-24-28-45-51 (166 pts)
Texas Women's Individual Results
1.Beth Ramos – 21:39.4.
2.Eva Jess – 22:02.0
3.Alexa Rodriguez – 22:17.8
4.Ava Peeples – 23:00.7
5.Grace Johnson – 23:22.5
6.Allyson Little – 23:37.7
7.Alyssa Duhart – 23:54.8
8.Valery Tobias – 23:55.4
9.Kelsie Vicknair – DNF
10.Aaliya Fazel – DNF
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