Arkansas Men, Tulsa women capture 2007 Missouri Southern
Stampede
Complete Results
Joplin, Mo. -- Sophomore Kimi Shank finished third
for the second straight week, while Dustin Dixon was 13th in the
men's race as both the Missouri Southern Men's and Women's Cross
Country teams finished second at the 2007 Missouri Southern
Stampede at Fred G. Hughes Stadium.
Shank and the women had a strong
showing with two in the top 20 as Kara Eckard finished 16th.
Courtney Waltbillig and Ashley Bunch were 30th and 34th, while
Taylor Whitacre finished 39th to help the women to a strong
second place finish, just an average of three minutes behind the
University of Tulsa. Alison Walker and Kari Fritchie both
finished 46th and 48th, respectively.
Tulsa won the team title for the
women. Southern, ranked 21st coming into the meet, was second,
followed by 13th ranked UC-San Diego. 14th ranked Pittsburg
State, and 23rd ranked Southwest Baptist. Oral Roberts, Dallas
Baptist, Mid-America Nazarene, Park and Central Oklahoma round
out the top ten women's teams.
Tulsa's Alex Baker was the
women's individual champion covering the 5k course with a time
of 16:33.00. Faithy Kamangila of Oral Roberts finished second
with a time of 17:16, while Shank finished third with a time of
17:34. Mable Kunihira of Oral Roberts was fourth and Marissa
Saunders of Tulsa finished fifth.
The University of Arkansas swept
the top three men's individual spots as Scott MacPherson, Tyler
Hill and Shawn Forrest finished 1-3. MacPherson was second in
last year's Stampede. Mid-America Nazarene's Noah Too was fourth
followed by Matt Munoz from Arkansas to round out the top five.
Dixon placed 13th with a time of
24:59 and was followed by Isaac Garcia who was 16th at 25:02.
Dustin Miller finished 28th with a time of 25:23, while Ryan
Arthur and Kyle Davis were 39th and 47th, respectively. Anthony
Reed finished the 8k course in a time of 27:45.
Arkansas placed all five scorers
in the top 11, to win the team title over Southern. The 18th
ranked Lions were second with an overall time of 2:06:52, while
Missouri - Rolla, Northern Kentucky and Lindenwood round out the
top five men's schools. Tulsa, Pittsburg State, 22nd ranked
Southwest Baptist, 25th ranked Drury, and Mid-America Nazarene
were 6-10th.
The men and women will both be
off next week, but will travel to big events on September 29th,
as the men head to Oklahoma State for the Jamboree and the women
head to Chicago for the Loyolla Lakefront Invitational.
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