Men’s Cross Country Places 13th at Wisconsin Invitational

Friday, October 14

Madison, Wisc.

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Men’s Cross Country Places 13th at Wisconsin Invitational

10/14/2016 4:59:00 PM | Cross Country

By: Eric Hollier

Men's Race Results | Women's Race Results

MADISON, Wisc. – Senior Luke Traynor finished 11^th in the men's 8K race to lead the No. 26 Tulsa men's cross country team to a 13^th-place finish at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational Friday afternoon at the Thomas Zimmer Championship Cross Country Course. The women's team placed 25^th in the 6K race.

Traynor was the top finisher for Golden Hurricane with a time of 24:04.6. The team totaled 367 points and finished ahead of seven higher-ranked opponents among the 30 teams in the race. Four of the five TU scorers finished in the top-100 of the 207-runner field.

Senior Clara Langley led the Tulsa women's side with a 74^th-place finish in the 6K race. She turned in a time of 21:08.6 to pace the Hurricane to a 602 score in the 31-team and 211-runner field. This was just the second meet of the season for Tulsa's top runners, which also competed at the Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree on Sept. 24.

"This was our second race, and it was a big race," Tulsa Head Coach Steve Gulley said. "The field was really quality and there wasn't really anybody that was weak. Everybody was quality. The guys had a solid run, and it was something that we can build on. I think the girls weren't able to get out in the field, and maybe training had them a little bit off. But they have a goal. SMU ran well, so they know they have a big job ahead of them to challenge (at the conference championship)."

Junior Ben Preisner, running in his first race of the season, and senior Henry Pearce each turned in top-75 finishes for the Hurricane. Preisner ran a 24:43.0 to place 61^st and Pearce ran 24:49.7 to come in 71^st place. Junior Adam Roderique finished 95^th with a time of 24:59.2, and sophomore Isaac Dobos placed 129^th with a time of 25:18.4 to round out the TU scoring.

Senior Stacie Taylor followed closely behind Langley with an 86^th-place finish and a 6K time of 21:16.3, while senior Olivia Lopez ran 21:42.9 to finish 125^th. Junior Nicole Lee finished the race in 21:50.3 to place 141^st, and freshman Adrena Mazzei finished 176^th with a time of 22:21.7.

The Golden Hurricane will next run at the American Athletic Conference Championships on Oct. 29 in Cincinnati, Ohio.

"Training the next two weeks is big," Gulley said. "Something they all look forward to is the conference meet, going to Cincinnati. Both teams realize they will have to improve a little bit to go to nationals. It's something that's attainable, but they are just going to have to keep improving."

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MEN'S TEAM RESULTS
1. No. 1 Northern Arizona – 78
2. No. 11 Stanford – 118
3. No. 3 BYU – 144
4. No. 2 Syracuse – 167
5. No. 8 Iona – 240
6. UCLA – 246
7. No. 7 Portland – 257
8. No. 14 Iowa State – 260
9. Washington State – 283
10. No. 21 Colorado State – 298
11. No. 16 Wisconsin – 313
12. Southern Utah – 347
13. No. 26 Tulsa – 367
14. No. 17 Georgetown – 399
15. No. 18 Boise State – 413
16. No. 23 Washington – 416
17. Eastern Michigan – 421
18. No. 22 Michigan State – 436
19. No. 24 Providence – 486
20. No. 25 Penn – 486
21. Florida State – 524
22. Minnesota – 540
23. South Dakota State – 555
24. North Carolina State – 578
25. Columbia – 582
26. No. 15 Eastern Kentucky – 599
27. No. 29 Illinois – 615
28. Princeton – 634
29. Texas A&M – 641
30. North Carolina – 826

WOMEN'S TEAM RESULTS
1. No. 4 Washington – 124
2. No. 3 North Carolina State – 166
3. No. 1 Providence – 170
4. No. 11 New Mexico – 207
5. No. 21 Baylor – 228
6. No. 19 San Francisco – 258
7. No. 23 Utah – 287
8. No. 26 Iowa State – 309
9. No. 28 Notre Dame – 313
10. No. 15 BYU – 318
11. No. 17 Yale – 335
12. Villanova – 345
13. UCLA – 348
14. No. 26 Penn – 354
15. No. 29 Harvard – 357
16. Minnesota – 385
17. No. 24 SMU – 388
18. No. 10 Boise State – 404
19. No. 6 Michigan State – 439
20. No. 20 Syracuse – 454
21. Wisconsin – 473
22. No. 18 Georgetown – 525
23. Weber State – 588
24. Northern Arizona – 590
25. Tulsa – 602
26. Florida State – 606
27. Boston College – 644
28. Vanderbilt – 650
29. Princeton – 718
30. North Carolina – 766
31. Columbia – 832

TULSA MEN INDIVIDUAL 8K RESULTS
11. Luke Traynor – 24:04.6
61. Ben Preisner – 24:43.0
71. Henry Pearce – 24:49.7
95. Adam Roderique – 24:59.2
129. Isaac Dobos – 25:18.4
174. Dallas Elmore – 26:10.7
176. Jay Ort – 26:16.3

TULSA WOMEN INDIVIDUAL 6K RESULTS
74. Clara Langley – 21:08.6
86. Stacie Taylor – 21:16.3
125. Olivia Lopez – 21:42.9
141. Nicole Lee – 21:50.3
176. Adrena Mazzei – 22:21.7
188. Reagan Hasumann – 22:44.3
230. Alyssa Bolliger – 23:29.5