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Friday, August 30
Stillwater, OK
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OSU Cowboy Preview
OU Cross Country Opens 2024 Season at Cowboy Preview
August 28, 2024 | Cross Country
NORMAN – The University of Oklahoma men's and women's cross country teams begin the 2024 season on Friday at OSU's Cowboy Preview at the Greiner Family Cross Country Course in Stillwater, Okla.
The OU men will run a 5K at 8:15 a.m. and the women will compete in the 3K at 8:45 a.m. Oklahoma will feature seven runners on the men's side and eight on the women's side.
Four newcomers will race for the OU women, including graduate transfer and 2024 NCAA Division III Track and Field outdoor national champion Megan Johnson. The Sooners return their top finishers from the 2023 conference and regional championships in senior Gabi Barrera and junior Erin O'Brien.
The men's team returns six runners from the 2023 roster to race at the preview and adds Kansas State graduate transfer Jack Vincent. OU's top performer at the 2023 conference championship, senior Colin Caso, will lead the 2024 campaign while track and field 10,000-meter school-record holder Thobias Cheruiyot will compete in his first XC season in the crimson and cream.
The women's team enter the 2024 season ranked No. 8 in the NCAA Midwest Region, per USTFCCCA's preseason regional poll.
Live results from the Cowboy Preview are available via Red Dirt Running.
Cowboy Preview Information
Date: Friday, August 30
Men's 5K: 8:15 a.m.
Women's 3K: 8:45 a.m.
Venue: Greiner Family OSU Cross Country Course, Stillwater, Okla.
Live Results: Red Dirt Running
OU Men Competing: Colin Caso, Joshua Cherry, Thobias Cheruiyot, Peter Makuei, Fernando Morales, Logan Seger, Jack Vincent
OU Women Competing: Gabi Barrera, Peyton Benson, Nicole Clifford, Megan Johnson, Kel McDavid, Erin O'Brien, Kiera Snyder, Mary Van Dyke
CONNECT WITH THE SOONERS
For more information on Oklahoma Track & Field, follow the Sooners on Twitter and Instagram (@OU_Track) and like Oklahoma Sooners Track & Field and Cross Country on Facebook.
The OU men will run a 5K at 8:15 a.m. and the women will compete in the 3K at 8:45 a.m. Oklahoma will feature seven runners on the men's side and eight on the women's side.
Four newcomers will race for the OU women, including graduate transfer and 2024 NCAA Division III Track and Field outdoor national champion Megan Johnson. The Sooners return their top finishers from the 2023 conference and regional championships in senior Gabi Barrera and junior Erin O'Brien.
The men's team returns six runners from the 2023 roster to race at the preview and adds Kansas State graduate transfer Jack Vincent. OU's top performer at the 2023 conference championship, senior Colin Caso, will lead the 2024 campaign while track and field 10,000-meter school-record holder Thobias Cheruiyot will compete in his first XC season in the crimson and cream.
The women's team enter the 2024 season ranked No. 8 in the NCAA Midwest Region, per USTFCCCA's preseason regional poll.
Live results from the Cowboy Preview are available via Red Dirt Running.
Cowboy Preview Information
Date: Friday, August 30
Men's 5K: 8:15 a.m.
Women's 3K: 8:45 a.m.
Venue: Greiner Family OSU Cross Country Course, Stillwater, Okla.
Live Results: Red Dirt Running
OU Men Competing: Colin Caso, Joshua Cherry, Thobias Cheruiyot, Peter Makuei, Fernando Morales, Logan Seger, Jack Vincent
OU Women Competing: Gabi Barrera, Peyton Benson, Nicole Clifford, Megan Johnson, Kel McDavid, Erin O'Brien, Kiera Snyder, Mary Van Dyke
CONNECT WITH THE SOONERS
For more information on Oklahoma Track & Field, follow the Sooners on Twitter and Instagram (@OU_Track) and like Oklahoma Sooners Track & Field and Cross Country on Facebook.
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