Oct. 18, 2003
Fayetteville, Arkansas -
Mary Kinyanjui captured the individual runnerup honors, leading the TCU women's cross country to a seventh place finish among 37 schools competing at the Chile Pepper Invitational, held on the Agri Park course here today. The TCU men's squad finished 26th among the 33 teams competing at one of the nation's most prestigious events.
Kinyanjui, a junior from Kiambu, Kenya, completed the women's 6K course in 20:56.50. Virginia Tech's Marlies Overbeeke won the race in 20:47.42. It marked the third straight meet in which Kinyanjui recorded a top-five individual finish. Katrina Zielinski was TCU's second runner, crossing the finish line in 22:08.27 to place 42nd overall, just two spots ahead of freshman Calandra Stewart (22:11.57).
Jackson Langat led the men's squad with a 47th place finish. He covered the 10K course in 31:19.33. Freshman Alex Morris was the second TCU finisher, breaking the finish line in 32:58.25.
"We had a mixed bag today on both the women's and men's side," said TCU coach Derek Koonts. "Mary ran lights out for us. She really looked good. Calandra Stewart was our third runner today and ran her best race of the year. We had a couple other runners who didn't have as good of days. We'll need to be clicking on all cylinders to compete for the conference title in two weeks."
"On the men's side, Jackson Langat looked much improved over the last time out," noted Koonts. "I thought freshman Alex Morris ran very well and some of the other guys showed some improvement while competing at 10,000 meters for the first time this fall."
The Frogs will not compete again until the Conference USA Cross Country Championships, which will be held in Tampa, Fla. on Saturday, November 1.
"We have faced some very strong competition in our last two meets, the Cowboy Jamboree in Stillwater and the Chile Pepper here today," said Koonts. "The conference meet will actually be much smaller than these two meets were and we should be ready to compete."
Women's Team Scores:
1. Nevada 114
2. Texas Tech 122
3. Arkansas 153
4. Virginia Tech 155
5. Vanderbilt 160
6. Texas-El Paso 195
7. TCU 232
8. Cal-Davis 233
9. Oklahoma 284
10. Belmont 295
11. Stephen F. Austin 298
12. Alabama 356
13. Samford 370
14. Boise State 465
Texas-Arlington 465
16. Ala.-Birmingham 469
17. Western Kentucky 488
18. Tulsa 495
19. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 516
20. Kansas State 522
21. LSU 565
22. Harding 581
23. Ole Miss 657
24. Abilene Christian 703
25. New Mexico State 723
26. La.-Lafayette 724
27. Memphis 726
28,. Texas-Pan American 729
29. Akanasas Tech 788
30. Hastings 805
31. Mo.-Kansas City 833
32. East Central 884
33. Cloud City 891
34. SE Oklahoma 1016
35. McMurry 1042
36. Centenary 1087
37. SW Oklahoma 1096
TCU Women's Individual Results:
2. Mary Kinyanjui 20:56.50
42. Katrina Zielinski 22:08.27
44. Calandra Stewart 22:11.57
61. Heather Isbell 22:34.75
100. McKale Davis 23:10.23
179. Pattie Parker 24:34.45
208. Katie Cosgrove 25:15.35
Men's Team Scores:
1. Arkansas 78
2. Oklahoma 130
3. Alabama 154
4. Abilene Christian 176
5. UTEP 217
6. Tulsa 272
7. Rice 283
8. Boise State 285
9. Cal-Davis 287
10. Belmont 321
11. Stephen F. Austin 348
12. Texas Tech 355
13. Houston 369
14. Eastern Oregon 404
15. Memphis 409
16. LSU 424
17. Virginia Tech 431
18. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 432
19. Texas-Pan American 435
20. Samford 461
21. Louisiana-Monroe 517
22. Oklahoma State 530
23. Texas-Arlington 540
24. East Central (Okla.) 543
25. Western Kentucky 577
26. TCU 612
27. UMKC 734
28. Louisiana-Lafayette 755
29. Hastings (Neb.) 775
30. Mississippi 823
31. New Mexico State 934
32. McMurry 971
33. Centenary 1054
TCU Men's Individual Results:
47. Jackson Langat 31:19.33
120. Alex Morris 32:58.25
130. Brad Maciulewicz 33:08.34
152. Steven Lenney 33:58.01
163. David Harris 34:25.53
182. Raita Yamanouchi 35:29.86
188. Chris Benassi 35:54.43
