By RANGERS ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT
The Rangers cross-country team finished fourth overall, after their meet at Southwestern Oklahoma Sate University Open on Saturday.
The women ran a 4-kilometer race, while the men ran a 6-kilometer race. Freshman Seth Maston was the first to cross the finish line for the Rangers with a time of 23:02.The next Ranger runner to come across was Manuel Reyes, who clocked in at a time of 24:24.
The last four runners for Northwestern all came in one behind the other, leading that pack was Ian Licea, with Parker Osborn only milliseconds behind Licea crossing at 24:33.31 and Osborn crossing at 24:23.83. Following behind them were Brandon Widner and Thomas Decker. Widner was clocked at a time of 25:39, and Decker crossed at a time of 27:19, which would complete the scoring for the Rangers.
For the women, freshman Clara O’Connor was the first Ranger to cross the finish line clocking in with a time of 17:08. Following close behind O’Connor, Lexi Hastings and Rebecca Black finished six seconds apart with Hastings striding across the finish at a time of 18:03, while Black hot on her heels with a time of 18:09. Rounding out the scoring for the Rangers was Capri Gahr and Ana Parra. Gahr clocked a 20:04 and Parra finishing with a 24:27.
The Rangers will stride into action again at the OSU Jamboree in Stillwater on Sept.24 at 9 a.m.