Marc Scott Wins NCAA Midwest Regional, Tulsa Men’s and Women’s Teams Place Fourth

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Marc Scott Wins NCAA Midwest Regional, Tulsa Men’s and Women’s Teams Place Fourth

11/13/2015 6:06:00 PM | Cross Country

By: Eric Hollier

Men's Results | Women's Results

LAWRENCE, Kan. – Senior Marc Scott won the NCAA Midwest Regional individual championship, and both the Tulsa men's and women's cross country teams placed fourth at the regional meet at Rim Rock Farm.

Scott turned in a 10K time of 29:37.1, and qualified as an individual for the NCAA Championships, which will take place Nov. 21 in Louisville, Ky. Senior Rachel Baptista led the TU women's team with a fifth-place finish in a 6K time of 20:22.7. Both Golden Hurricane teams await possible at-large bids to the NCAA Championships. The field will be announced Saturday morning on NCAA.com.

"We were proud of our (men's) one-two-three punch – they've been doing it for us all year," Tulsa Head Coach Steve Gulley said. "We have to do a little better with the four and the five (positions), but that's something we knew we would be weak in, because we don't have the experience. Only two of our seven runners had ever run at an NCAA Regional. Marc is a good runner, but I think the rest of the nation is just starting to notice it. Our women's team ran great. I'm very pleased with their performance. I thought they ran tough, and competed to the best of their ability."

The Tulsa men's team finished fourth with 127 points, behind Oklahoma (104), Minnesota (95) and Oklahoma State (59). The women's team placed fourth with 151 points, behind Minnesota (125), Iowa State (98) and Oklahoma State (51). TU tied in points with Kansas, but claimed fourth place by beating KU runners in three of the five positions. The fourth-place finish tied a program-best for the women's team, matching the 2014 result.

Scott and Baptista earned all-region honors along with junior Luke Traynor and sophomore Ben Preisner for the men's team, and sophomore Nicole Lee for the women's team.

Traynor finished seventh with a time of 29:58.9, and was followed by Preisner, who placed 11^th with a time of 30:17.7. Sophomore Adam Roderique finished 39^th with a time of 21:08.8, and freshman Jay Ort rounded out the scoring with a time of 31:38.2 to finish 70^th.

Lee finished in 21^st place with a time of 20:55.0, and junior Stacie Taylor placed 29^th with a time of 21:07.3. Junior Clara Langley and sophomore Danielle Medearis finished 38^th and 59^th, with respective times of 21:21.3 and 21:36.5.

Friday's win was the fourth victory of the season for Scott. He also won races at the Chile Pepper Festival, Wisconsin Invitational and the American Athletic Conference Championships. Scott is Tulsa's third regional champion in the last four years. He finished second in 2014, and Chris O'Hare won the regional meet in 2012 and 2013.

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MEN'S TEAM RESULTS
1. Oklahoma State – 59
2. Minnesota – 95
3. Oklahoma – 104
4. Tulsa – 127
5. Iowa State – 157
6. South Dakota State – 163
7. Kansas – 168
8. Illinois – 177
9. Bradley – 287
10. Wichita State – 319
11. Missouri – 342
12. Nebraska – 368
13. Eastern Illinois – 368
14. UMKC – 371
15. Iowa – 408
16. SIU-Edwardsville – 419
17. North Dakota State – 437
18. Illinois State – 454
19. North Dakota – 539
20. Loyola (Ill.) – 539
21. Kansas State – 548
22. South Dakota – 557
23. Saint Louis – 584
24. Drake – 642
25. DePaul – 643
26. Creighton – 710

WOMEN'S TEAM RESULTS

1.  Oklahoma State – 51

2.  Iowa State – 98

3.  Minnesota – 125

4.  Tulsa – 151

5.  Kansas – 151

6.  Bradley – 263

7.  Oklahoma – 282

8.  Wichita State – 284

9.  Loyola (Ill.) – 292

10.  Illinois – 310

11.  Illinois State – 349

12.  Missouri – 374

13.  North Dakota State – 39

14.  South Dakota – 393

15.  Creighton – 398

16.  Kansas State – 419

17.  South Dakota State – 441

18.  Drake – 447

19.  Iowa – 465

20.  Saint Louis – 492

21.  Eastern Illinois – 501

22.  Nebraska – 610

23.  Northwestern – 614

24.  Northern Illinois – 639

25.  Southeast Missouri – 665

26.  UMKC – 674

27.  SIU-Edwardsville – 753

28.  Northern Iowa – 769

29.  DePaul – 783

30.  Missouri State – 904

31.  North Dakota – 917

32.  Nebraska-Omaha – 934

TULSA MEN 10K INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
1. Marc Scott – 29:37.1
7. Luke Traynor – 29:58.9
11. Ben Preisner – 30:17.7
39. Adam Roderique – 21:08.8
70. Jay Ort – 31:38.2
71. Austin Del Rosso – 31:41.0
124. Mark Middleton – 32:35.8

TULSA WOMEN 6K INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
5. Rachel Baptista – 20:22.7
21. Nicole Lee – 20:55.0
29. Stacie Taylor – 21:07.3
38. Clara Langley – 21:21.3
59. Danielle Medearis – 21:36.5
120. Alyssa Bolliger – 22:24.6
182. Emma Galbraith – 23:21.9