Tulsa Men Place Three Runners Among Top-20 as Hurricane Finish in 6th Place at NCAA Championship

3/15/2021 3:30:00 PM | Cross Country

Tulsa women finish in 28th place behind Caitlin Klopfer’s top-70 finish

STILLWATER, Okla. –– Patrick Dever turned in Tulsa's first-ever top-5 individual performance at the NCAA DI Cross Country Championship on Tuesday at the OSU Cross Country Course.

The Tulsa men finished in 6^th place in the field of 30 teams, its second-best finish in school history, behind last year's 5^th place performance.

The top-5 teams included Northern Arizona, Notre Dame, Oklahoma State, Arkansas and Stanford. The Hurricane finished above the nation's top-ranked coming into the event and the defending national champion BYU Cougars, which came in 7^th place.

Dever's teammates Patrick Lynch and Isaac Akers finished among the top-20 as all three earned All-America status.

Dever finished with a 10K time of 30:00 to earn his second All-America honor after finishing in 11^th place a year ago. Lynch placed 12^th, finishing one spot ahead of his 2019 NCAA performance, with a time of 30:17.7, and also receiving All-America honors for the second consecutive season.

Akers placed 19^th with a time of 30:25.4, bettering his 100^th place finish from a year ago. Akers earns his first All-America honor with his top-20 performance.

Also finishing for Tulsa was Scott Beattie in 89^th place, Cameron Field in 151^st and Shay McEvoy in 157^th place in the field of 251 participants.

The Tulsa women, making its fourth NCAA Championship appearance, finished in 28th place overall.

Senior Caitlin Klopfer had her second straight top-70 finish at the national event as the senior finished in 69^th place with a time of 21:16.4, while junior Caroline Miller was Tulsa's next finisher in 158^th place with a time of 21:54.6

Tulsa's Katharina Pesendorfer finished in 180^th place, followed by Alice Newcombe in 192^nd, Jenny O'Bryan in 197^th, Layla Roebke in 233^rd and freshman Abbey Yuhasz in 236^th place.

The BYU women won the title, while NC State, Stanford, Michigan State and Minnesota placed among the top-5 teams.

Tulsa Individual Results
Men's 10K NCAA Championship
5.      Patrick Dever – 30:00.0
12.    Peter Lynch – 30:17.7
19.    Isaac Akers – 30:25.4
89.    Scott Beattie – 31:25.7
151. Cameron Field – 32:13.9
157. Shay McEvoy – 32:18.5
DNF Malte Propp

Women's 6K NCAA Championship
69.    Caitlin Klopfer – 21:16.4
158. Caroline Miller – 21:54.6
180. Katharina Pesendorfer – 22:11.4
192. Alice Newcombe – 22:20.2
197. Jenny O'Bryan – 22:23.6
233. Layla Roebke – 22:58.5
236. Abbey Yuhasz – 23:03.1

Individual Winners
Men's 10K NCAA Championship Individual Winner
Conner Mantz, BYU – 29:26.1

Women's 6K NCAA Championship Individual Winner
Mercy Chelangat, Alabama – 20:01.1

Team Results
Men's 10K NCAA Championship
1.         Northern Airzona
2.         Notre Dame
3.         Oklahoma State
4.         Arkansas
5.         Stanford
6.         Tulsa
7.         BYU
8.         Iowa State
9.         Southern Utah
10.       Iona
11.       Utah State
12.       Ole Miss
13.       Butler
14.       Colorado
15.       Wake Forest
16.       Duke
17.       Michigan State
18.       Wisconsin
19.       Air Force
20.       Villanova
21.       Portland
22.       Georgetown
23.       NC State
24.       Furman
25.       Washington
26.       Indiana
27.       Gonzaga
28.       Charlotte
29.       Purdue
30.       Syracuse

Women's 6K NCAA Championship
1.    BYU
2.    North Carolina State
3.    Stanford
4.    Michigan State
5.    Minnesota
6.    New Mexico
7.    Colorado
8.    Alabama
9.    Boise State
10.    Arkansas
11.    Northern Arizona
12.    Ole Miss
13.    Washington
14.    North Carolina
15.    Florida State
16.    Oregon State
17.    Michigan
18.    Georgetown
19.    Indiana
20.    Georgie Tech
21.    Illinois
22.    Portland
23.    Colorado State
24.    Oklahoma State
25.    Iowa State
26.    Liberty
27.    Duke
28.    Tulsa
29.    West Virginia
30.    San Francisco
31.    Furman