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November 23, 2010

OSU men top team; Chelanga top individual 2nd straight year

Craig Pearson The Tribune-Star

TERRE HAUTE — Oklahoma State received a tight challenge from Oregon for its men’s NCAA cross country championship in 2009 at Terre Haute’s LaVern Gibson Championship Course.

In 2010, the Cowboys raised the intensity, winning by 120 points over second-place Florida State, 73-193.

Sam Chelanga of Liberty University also came away with a repeat championship, saving a strong kick to finish in 29 minutes, 22.2 seconds.

Chelanga tried to lead from start to finish, but fellow Kenyan Stephen Sambu gave Chelanga some company throughout the 10,000-meter race.

Chelanga and the 424 other elite runners had to battle a stiff 18-mile-per-hour wind gusting from the south.

Chelanga and Sambu ran together much of the race, and Sambu tried to make a move during the final 500 meters.

“He made a little surge toward the end, but I just clicked it and that was it,” Chelanga said. “It’s a great feeling, and I’m very thankful.”seventh through ninth finishers overall and cruised to the largest men’s victory  in the eight races in Terre Haute since 2002.

Stanford’s 2003 victory by 150 points over Wisconsin was more dominant.

“It was fun,” Oklahoma State coach Dave Smith said. “It wasn’t quite the nail-biter it was last year. I think I like it better this year.”

Girma Mecheso, German Fernandez and Colby Lowe finished within 10 seconds of one another — just behind top-ranked Stanford’s front-running duo of Chris Derrick and Jake Riley. The Cardinal, with 237 points, finished fourth behind Florida State and Wisconsin (223) in a tight battle for second place.

While the trio at the front led the Cowboys, wearing bright hunter orange uniforms, Tom Farrell, Johnathan Stublaski and freshman Joseph Manilafasha were equally important in the victory.

The Cowboys’ sixth runner, Manilafasha, was ahead of the No. 5 runners for FSU, Wisconsin and Stanford.

“Our 1-2-3, we knew what they could do — those guys are superstars,” Smith said. “Our 4-5-6 guys were just incredible.”

Behind third-place Luke Puskedra, Oregon finished in sixth place after last year’s runner-up finish, which followed two straight national titles.

“It would have been hard [to challenge OSU],” said Oregon senior Danny Mercado. “You have to give credit to them. They packed up extremely well. All of a sudden three or four [thousand meters into the race] Oklahoma State guys passed me and they looked really good. I was like ‘ok, I guess we’re running for second.’ ”

Smith agreed with that assessment.

“Between 4K and 6K, we started moving pretty well. That was the plan all along,” Smith said.

While the last repeat team winner on the men’s side was Oregon in 2007 and 2008, Chelanga became the first individual repeat winner since Wisconsin’s Simon Bairu in 2004 and 2005.



Men’s 10,000-meter race

Individual results



Top 30 (All-Americans) — 1. Sam Chelanga (Liberty) 29:22.2, Stephen Sambu (Arizona) 29:26.5, Luke Puskedra (Oregon) 29:38.0, Leonard Korir (Iona) 29:42.0, Chris Derrick (Stanford) 29:44.7, Jake Riley (Stanford) 29:45.0, Girma Mecheso (Oklahoma State) 29:47.5, German Fernandez (Oklahoma State) 29:49.3, Colby Lowe (Oklahoma State) 29:49.3, Colby Lowe (Oklahoma State) 29:57.6, Matthew Centrowitz (Oregon) 30:01.1, Dorian Ulrey (Arkansas) 30:02.0, Mohammed Ahmed (Wisconsin) 30:03.4, Maverick Darling (Wisconsin) 30:07.6, Jonathan Peterson (UC-Davis) 30:09.1, Miles Batty (BYU) 30:09.4, Diego Estrada (Northern Arizona) 30:10.7, Solomon Haile (Arkansas) 30:13.3, Ciaran O’Lionaird (Florida State) 30:14.0, Ahmed Osman (Northern Arizona) 30:14.8, Landon Peacock (Wisconsin) 30:15.3, Brian Leung (Princeton) 30:18.3, Ryan Hill (N.C. State) 30:19.0, Kevin Schwab (Oklahoma) 30:19.1, Lee Carey (Providence) 30:19.98, Trevor Dunbar (Portland) 30:20.1, Joseph Bosshard (Colorado) 30:20.4, Shadrack Kipchirchir (Western Kentucky) 30:20.5, Michael Fout (Florida State) 30:20.9, Tom Farrell (Oklahoma State) 30:21.3, Jeff Thode (Iowa) 30:21.4



Team results

(does not include individual qualifiers)



1. Oklahoma State (73) — 5. Girma Mecheeso 29:48, 6. German Fernandez 29:50, 7. Colby Lowe 29:58, 25. Tom Farrell 30:22, 30. Johnathan Stublaski  30:27.

2. Florida State (193) — 15. Ciaran O’Lionaird 30:14, 24. Michael Fout 30:21, 42. David Forrester 30:39, 48. Wesley Rickman 30:41, Alexander Smyth 30:56.

3. Wisconsin (223) — 10. Mohammed Ahmed 30:04, 11. Maverick Darling 30:08, 17. Landon Peacock 30:16, 80. Reed Connor 31:08, 105. Phil Thomas 31:26.

4. Stanford (237) — 3. Chris Derrick 29:45, 4. Jake Riley 29:45, 36. Elliott Heath 30:36, 85. J.T. Sullivan 31:10, 109. Erik Olson 31:29.

5. Oklahoma (281) — 20. Kevin Schwab 30:20, 43. Bill Kogel 30:39, 65. Robert Sorrell 30:57, 69. George Alex 30:58, 84. Kevin Williams 31:10.

6. Oregon (289) — 1. Luke Puskedra 29:38, 8. Matthew Centrowitz 30:02, 49. Danny Mercado 30:42, 99. Parker Stinson 31:22, 132. A.J. Acosta 31:42.

7. Indiana (298) — 32. Andrew Poore 30:29, 55. Andrew Bayer 30:47, 57. Ben Hubers 30:51, 66. Zach Mayhew 30:57, 88. Desean Turner 31:14.

8. Iona (303) — 2. Leonard Korir 29:42, Matthew Bayley 30:43, 53. Mitch Goose 30:45, 61. Ben Lindsay 30:54, 136. Alexander Soderberg 31:46.

9. Northern Arizona (317) — 13. Diego Estrada 30:11, 16. Ahmed Osman 30:15, 73. Jason Pederson 30:59, 101. David McNeill 31:23, 114. Andrew Belus 31:31.

10. Arkansas (329) — 9. Dorian Ulrey 30:02, 14. Solomon Haile 30:14, 67. Eric Fernandez 30:57, 112. Bryan Cantero 31:31, 127. Dey Tuach 31:41.

11. Alabama (338) — 29. Julius Bor 30:27, 39. Carrison Kemei 30:37, 56. Moses Kiptoo 30:50, 83. joel Rop 31:09, 131. Andrew Kirwa 31:42.

12. Princeton (351) — 18. Brian Leung 30:19, 28. Donn Cabral 30:27, 41. Mark Amirault 30:38, 116. Max Kaulbach 31:33, 148. Kyle Soloff 31:59.

13. Portland (362) — 22. Trevor Dunbar 30:21, 38. Alfred Kipchumba 30:37, 50. Lars Erik Malde 30:42, 87. Peter Christmas 31:12, 165. Aaron Scott 32:07.

14. Syracuse (365) — 27. Patrick Dupont 30:26, 62. Steven Weeks 30:54, 71. Tito Medrano 30:58, 79. James Murdock 31:07, 126. Forrest Misenti 31:38.

15. Colorado (366) — 23. Joseph Bosshard 30:21, 31. Andrew Wacker 30:29, 75. Christian Thompson 31:05, 92. Matthew Tebo 31:18, 145. Aric Vanhalen 31:57.

16. New Mexico (376) — 34. Keith Gerrard 30:33, 35. David Bishop 30:34, 81. Ross Millington 31:09, 103. Brock Hagerman 31:25, 123. Rory Fraser 31:36.

17. Virginia (386) — 26. Ryan Collins 30:25, 59. Emil  Heineking 30:53, 70. Sean Keveren 30:58, 90. Sintayehu Taye 31:17, 141. Chris Foley 31:51.

18. BYU — 12. Miles Batty 30:10, 40. Alden Bahr 30:37, 89. Nate Ogden 31:15, 122. Jared Ward 31:36, 151. Travis Fuller 32:00.

19. William and Mary — 47. Chas Gillespie 30:41, 72. Lewis Woodard 30:59, 86. Zach Gates 31:11, 102. Tom Burke 31:24, 113. Josh Hardin 31:31.

20. N.C. State (436) — 19. Ryan Hill 30:19, 45. Andrew Colley 30:40, 82. Bobby Moldovan 31:09, 140. Matt Sonnenfeldt 31:50, 150. Andrew North 32:00.

21. Duke (475) — 74. Bo Waggoner 31:00, 91. Andrew Brodeur 31:17, 93. James Kostelnik 31:18, 97. Cory Nanni 31:20, 120. Josh Lund 31:36.

22. Providence (510) — 21. Lee Carey 30:20, 44. Dominic Channon 30:40, 107. Julian Matthews 31:28, 142. Eric Malnatti 31:54, 196. Matt Terry 32:58.

23. Villanova (550) — 46. Mathew Mildenhall 30:41, 104. Keith Capecci 31:26, 119. Matthew Kane 31:36, 134. Brian Long 31:45, 147. Hugo Beamish 31:58.

24. Richmond (554) — 37. Matt Llano 30:36, 63. Andrew Benford 30:55, 96. Tim Quinn 31:20, 172. Jon Wilson 32:13, 186. Chris York 32:35.

25. Notre Dame (571) — 78. Jerem Rae 31:07, 100. Dan Jackson 31:23, 108. Jordan Carlson 31:28, 124. Martin Grady 31:37, 161. Joe Miller 32:04.

26. Texas (595) — 60. Ryan Dohner 30:53, 110. Patrick McGregor 31:29, 129. Brock Simmons 31:41, 133. Brian Rhodes-Devey 31:44, 163. Collin Smith 32:05.

27. Minnesota (608) — 33. Ben Blankenbship 30:30, 128. Mike Torchia 31:41, 138. Pieter Gagnon 31:47, 143. Andrew Larsen 31:56, 166. Kevin Lachowitzer 32:08.

28. Louisville (622) — 58. Michael Eaton 30:51, 68. Matt Hughes 30:57, 115. Tyler Byrne 31:31, 183. Luke Lovelace 32:34, 198. Gordon Dooley 32:59.

29. Georgetown (644) — 106. Ayalew Taye 31:27, 118. Mark Dennin 31:35, 125. Andrew Springer 31:37, 139. TC LUmbar 31:49, 156. James Grimes 32:03.

30. Penn State (659) — 52. Kyle Dawwson 30:44, 77. Vince McNally 31:06, 171. Owen Dawson 32:13, 179. Danny Pawola 32:29, 180. Chris Cipro 32:31.

31. California (678) — 76. Michael Coe 31:05, 94. Kari Karlsson 31:19, 130. Collin Jarvis 31:42, 187. Cody Schmidt 32:36, 191. Maxime Chevee 32:52.

 

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