Tulsa’s Luke Traynor Earns All-America Status by Placing 13th in NCAA 10,000 Meters

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Tulsa’s Luke Traynor Earns All-America Status by Placing 13th in NCAA 10,000 Meters

6/8/2016 10:26:00 PM | Track and Field

By: Don Tomkalski

University of Tulsa junior distance runner Luke Traynor finished in 13^th place in the 10,000-meter run late Wednesday night at the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Oregon. Traynor clocked a time of 29:33.54 in a field comprised of 24 runners at Hayward Field. With a finish between 9th and 16th place, Traynor earns second-team All-America status. Oregon's Edward Cheserak won the 10,000m on his home course with a time of 29:09.57.

1.	Edward Cheserek	JR	Oregon	29:09.57
2	Futsum Zienasellassie	SR	Northern Arizona	29:10.68
3	Gabe Gonzalez	SR	Arkansas	29:11.09
4	Pierce Murphy	SR	Colorado	29:12.49
5	Reid Buchanan	SR	Portland	29:13.40
6	Jacob Thomson	SO	Kentucky	29:13.73
7	Luis Vargas	SR	North Carolina St.	29:18.40
8	Erik Peterson	JR	Butler	29:23.48
9	Lawrence Kipkoech	SO	Campbell	29:24.69
10	Colin Bennie	SO	Syracuse	29:26.54
11	Amon Terer	SR	Campbell	29:28.87
12	Lane Werley	SR	UCLA	29:29.14
13	Luke Traynor	JR	Tulsa	29:33.54
14	Ben Flanagan	SO	Michigan	29:35.85
15	Shaun Thompson	SR	Duke	29:37.41
16	Connor McMillan	SO	BYU	29:40.65
17	Reed Fischer	SO	Drake	29:41.47
18	Antibahs Kosgei	JR	Alabama	29:42.89
19	Jonathan Green	SO	Georgetown	29:44.42
20	George Parsons	JR	North Carolina St.	29:48.76
21	Charles Mathenge	SR	Stephen F. Austin	31:11.02
22	Ryan Rutherford	SR	Illinois State	31:34.05
23	Tyler King	SR	Washington	32:13.48
	Philo Germano	SO	Syracuse	DNF