Keitany And Njubi Take Individual Honors At Movin' Mavs Cross Country Challenge

Keitany And Njubi Take Individual Honors At Movin' Mavs Cross Country Challenge
Women second, men sixth, in season opening race.

	Glady's Keitany led the women's cross country team to a second-place finish in the season opening race.

Sept. 8, 2001

ARLINGTON - TCU's Glady's Keitany and Eliud Njubi opened the 2001 cross country season in impressive fashion, taking individual honors in the UTA Movin' Mavs Cross Country Challenge Saturday in Arlington. Keitany led the women to a second-place finish, while the men finished sixth. Baylor took team honors in both the men's and women's races.

Keitany, the 2000 WAC Individual champion, clocked in at 11:18 in the two-mile course, finishing 22 seconds ahead of Baylor's Kara Newton. The individual title was the fifth in two seasons for Keitany.

Njubi, who earned All-American honors last season, won the four-mile race with a time of 19:54, 20 seconds ahead of Baylor's Matt Chance.

Women's Team Scores:
1. Baylor (32)
2. TCU (53)
3. Oklahoma (90)
4. North Texas (115)
5. SMU (145)
-- Texas-Arlington No Team Score

Pl.   Name                       Time
1     Gladys Keitany (TCU)       11:18
2     Kara Newton (BU)           11:40
3     Debbie Thonrhill (UNT)     11:41
4     Rebecca Johansson (UTA)    11:51
5     Cindy Deitrich (TCU)       11:57
6     Jessica Jarek (BU)         12:01
7     Leah Marbach (BU)          12:03
8     Katherine Duncane (BU)     12:04
9     Lanie Miller (BU)          12:08
10    Holly Moser (BU)           12:10

Other TCU runners:
17    Robin Schacht (TCU)        12:42
19    Katie Singleton (TCU)      12:45
23    Ashlee Inman (TCU)         12:55
24    Georgeanne Biancard (TCU)  12:56
25    Shannon McKinney (TCU)     12:57
33    Stephanie Wentworth (TCU)  13:11
34    Alexis Sanchez (TCU)       13:16
43    Bria Lauzara (TCU)         14:06
48    Emily Worton (TCU)         14:43

MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS
2001 UTA SEASON OPENER
Sept. 8, 2001
Vandergriff Park * Arlington, Texas

Team Scores:
1. Baylor (37)
2. North Texas (62)
3. Oklahoma (74)
4. Texas-Arlington (107)
5. SMU (119)
6. TCU (120)

Pl. Pts.  Name                  Time
1    1    Eliad Njabi (TCU)     19:54
2    2    Matt Chance (BU)      20:14
3    3    Erik Petersson (UTA)  20:29
4    4    Kyle King (UNT)       20:49
5    5    Ferene Bekesi (BU)    20:50
6    6    Brandon Kissack (OU)  20.53
7    7    Nick Davenport (BU)   20:58
8    8    Matt Gieringer (UNT)  21:11
9    9    Ryan Derickson (UNT)  21:14
10   10   Jimmy Buchanan (OU)   21:17

OTHER TCU RUNNERS:
17   17   Bryan Katchinska (TCU) 21:49
33   30   Justin Pillsbury (TCU) 22:47
34   31   Sean McMahon (TCU)     22:50
35   32   Stuart Harrison (TCU)  22:52
44   36   Steve Lenney (TCU)     23.52
45   37   Raita Yamanachi (TCU)  24.03