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Big 12 Championship
Cowboy Harriers Finish Second at Big 12 Championship
October 29, 2000 | Cowboy Cross Country & Track
Oct. 29, 2000
STILLWATER, Okla. -- Oklahoma State's 11th-ranked men's cross country finished second at the Big 12 Championship on Saturday behind five-time conference champion Colorado.
Three Cowboys finished in the top 20 among some of the best runners in the conference.
Newcomer Johan Bergstrom was the first Cowboy to cross the line with a time of 25:27 and an eighth-place finish. Colorado's Jorge Torres won the race with a time of 24:48.
Junior Vasquez, a Cowboy senior, crossed the line with a time of 25:31 and a 10th-place finish. Freshman Jason Woolhouse capped the Cowboys' top-20 finishes with a time of 25:49 and an 18th-place finish.
A time of 26:00 gave OSU's Jerry Rainey a 23rd-place finish. Bruce Wright and Ben Lake finished in the 26th and 27th positions with times of 26:04 and 26:06. Gregory Rouault placed 32nd with a time of 26:14. Trey Vernon crossed the line at 26:22 and in 37th-place and not far behind was Cowboy Matt Hart with a 42nd-place finish and a time of 26:31.
Next week, OSU has a bye-week to prepare fro the District V meet in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Nov. 11.
Team Results OSU Results 1. Colorado 16 8. Johan Bergstrom 25:27 2. OSU 85 10. David Vasquez 25:31 3. Missouri 113 18. Jason Woolhouse 25:49 4. Texas 141 23. Jerry Rainey 26:00 5. Nebraska 153 26. Bruce Wright 26:04 6. Kansas 177 27. Ben Lake 26:06 7. Iowa State 185 32. Gregory Rouault 26:14 8. Texas A&M 199 37. Trey Vernon 26:22 9. Texas Tech 211 42. Matt Hart 26:31 10. Kansas State 241 11. Baylor 250 12. OU 366
