OSU Jamboree

Women's Results
Men's Results

Stillwater, Okla. – The McPherson College men’s cross country team finished 11th of 23 teams, while the women took 14th of 30 in the College Division of the annual Oklahoma State University Cowboy Jamboree Saturday morning in Stillwater, Okla.
Junior Javier Ceja set a season-best with a time of 26:04.08 and a fifth place finish to lead the Bulldogs. Ceja was the highest finishing NAIA runner. Edward Limo of Colby Community College was the top finisher with a time of 25:15.49.
Sophomore Kyle Smith (28:07.24) and freshman Morgan Peterson (28:09.96) were the next two Bulldogs to cross the finish line. The duo finished 64th and 65th respectively. Junior David Parry (29:06.51 PR), sophomore Mike Baxter (29:12.27), freshman Juan Jimenez (29:45.87) and freshman Preston Mossman (30:57.76) rounded out the scoring for McPherson. The Bulldogs tallied 319 points en route to the 11th place finish.


Javier Ceja

On the women’s side, freshman Kelsi Beam and Payton Hartman lead the Bulldogs for the second straight race. Beam ended the race at 20:09.12, good for 32nd place and the 6th fastest time in McPherson College history, while Hartman took 42nd position with at time of 20:23.17 putting her 7th on the all time list. The duo was followed by Erin Loeffler in 77th place, with a time of 21:06.13 good for 10th all time, Ashley Huizar (103rd, 21:49.68), Sonia Fuentes (132nd, 22:46.19) and Ashley Martinez (158th, 24:24.59).

Florence Ngetich of El Paso Community College won the event with a time of 17:55.43, while Amy Pierson of Southwestern College was the top NAIA finisher at 18:28.72.

I thought that the ladies ran well. We still have to close our gap down and have some people move up if we are looking to contend for top 3 at conference. I am please with how things are going as a whole right now. The men looked a little more rusty than the women. We have a very young team and a lot of them were running their first ever 8k. Add in that OSU is not an easy course it leaves us with some room for improvement. I am still happy with how things are progressing as we need to be running fast in November not the end of September.

Next up is the Lakeside Shoot out at Lakeside Park in McPherson. It is shaping up to be a competitive meet with several KCAC schools and Community Colleges coming. As of right now we are expecting 12 teams.