Nov. 17, 2012
NCAA Championship Men's Results
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -
The Tulsa men's cross country team, led by Chris O'Hare's 20th-place finish, took home a seventh-place finish at the NCAA Cross Country Championships Saturday at E.P. `Tom' Sawyer State Park.
O'Hare ran the 10K in a personal-best 29:46.4 to score 13 points for the Golden Hurricane, which totaled 247 points as a team. All five TU scorers placed among the top-100 runners at the meet. The individual runners were not counted in team scoring.
"We're ecstatic. The team ran a great race and they ran aggressive," Tulsa Head Coach Steve Gulley said. "The key was putting together a good race at the national championship, and we did that."
Senior Andrew Heyes put out a personal-record time of 30:10.7 to finish 44th and score 32 points, and senior Paulo Pinheiro placed 81st, scoring 59 points with a time of 30:36.0.
Freshman Marc Scott placed fourth for the Hurricane and 93rd in the race, scoring 71 points with a personal-best time of 30:39.3, and sophomore Danny Thater rounded out the scoring with a 95th-place finish and 72 points in a personal-best time of 30:40.5.
Sophomore Tim Rackers ran the 10K in a personal-best 31:00.7 to place 135th, and sophomore Dennis Hodapp finished 141st with a time of 31:03.5.
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MEN'S 10K TEAM RESULTS
1. Oklahoma State (72)
2. Wisconsin (135)
3. Colorado (158)
4. Northern Arizona (191)
5. Florida State (238)
6. BYU (245)
7. Tulsa (247)
8. Oklahoma (262)
9. Texas (291)
10. Arkansas (327)
11. Princeton (358)
12. Portland (365)
13. UCLA (376)
14. Virginia (382)
15. Syracuse (405)
16. Stanford (408)
17. Columbia (439)
18. Indiana (456)
19. Georgia (466)
20. Oregon (472)
21. New Mexico (473)
22. Virginia Tech (516)
23. Michigan (518)
24. Eastern Kentucky (522)
25. Georgetown (534)
26. North Carolina State (550)
27. Villanova (588)
28. Notre Dame (591)
29. Iona (626)
30. Duke (725)
31. Michigan State (755)
TULSA MEN 10K INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
20. Chris O'Hare - 29:46.4 (13)
44. Andrew Heyes - 30:10.7 (32)
81. Paulo Pinheiro - 30:36.0 (59)
93. Marc Scott - 30:39.3 (71)
95. Danny Thater - 30:40.5 (72)
135. Tim Rackers - 31:00.7 (107)
141. Dennis Hodapp - 31:03.5 (131)
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