COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Oklahoma City finished ahead of several NCAA Division I teams in Texas A&M's Arturo Barrios Invitational on Friday.
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The OCU men finished 24
th among 38 teams, ahead of LSU and a dozen mid-majors. The Stars women were ahead of six DI opponents while finishing 39
th in the field of 46 teams.
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Ayenew Devany paced the OCU men in 25
th in 23:40.7, a mark that would have been a scoring time for any of the six SEC and Big 12 teams in the eight-kilometer competition.
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Riley Randall was 157
th at 24:57,
Cooper Phillips was 173
rd at 25:05,
Ryan McLaughlin took 182
nd at 25:12 and
Marius Delchard finished off the OCU scoring five in 185
th at 2515.
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Braydon Whitthorne placed 198
th at 25:21 and
Jackson Fowler was 232
nd at 25:34. Also for the OCU men,
Carson Patten finished in 26:23,
Carlton Waiguru in 26:42,
Drew Reed in 27:26,
Carter Fesler in 28:28,
Jorge Quinonez in 28:47 and
Nelin Kimery in 30:53.
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On the women's side,
Kenzi Readnour led the Stars with an 84
th-place finish on the six-kilometer course at 20:57.2. That time would have been a scoring mark for eight of the Big 12 and SEC teams in the field.
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Keira Readnour placed 133
rd at 21:20,
Isabella Gutierrez was 277
th at 22:30,
Isabelle Spiller took 370
th at 24:24 and
Toni Ibarra rounded out the scoring five in 371
st at 24:27.
Mattie Adams finished in 25:47.
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OCU heads to the Sooner Athletic Conference Championships in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, on Nov. 7.
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