Monday, November 21, 2022
Course beaten: NCAA Cross Country championships saw records broken
Davis Cordova Staff Reporter
at OSU’s course were broken, by many people and by a wide-margin of time. NC State’s Katelyn Tuohy took home the individual championship, finishing the difficult 6K course in 9:27.7. This time beat the course record by 34 seconds and 18 other women beat the 20:01 record set by Alabama’s Mercy Chelangat in 2021. For the men’s 10K, Stanford’s Charles Hicks won in 28:43.6, which beat the course record by many seconds, almost identical to the women’s race. “This is such an exceptionally unique course,” Hicks said. “Having guys run it before really helps you manage your expectations and I think a lot of guys exploded and died back in 2021, but I’m going to have to sit down and think about it because I don’t know how we ran that fast. It’s really unbelievable, but I think it was just team. Every guy was up there trying to win it for their team and when you’re trying to do that, amazing things happen.”
OSU’s Greiner Family Cross Country course stands as one of the best in the country and its course-record times seemed to be a daunting task to defeat. But, both NCAA Championship races on Saturday had runners, in both men’s and women’s, beat those records substantially. On Saturday, OSU hosted the NCAA Cross Country Championships, with North Carolina State capturing the women’s team title while Northern Arizona edged-out OSU in a tie-breaker in the men’s race to win. It was surely a wild morning at the course with thousands of fans watching and once the races started, the rush of people moving from one spot to another is comparable to any turn at any golf course. But one thing stood out among other things; Course records See NCAA on page 2
Chase Davis OSU quarterback Spencer Sanders threw just one touchdown but four interceptions in Saturday night’s 28-13 loss against Oklahoma.
OSU offense unable to capitalize in loss three-and-outs against the Oklahoma offense in the second half. After allowing 28 points in the first quarter to an OU team that averages 31 points an entire game, flashes of OSU’s previous two blowout losses this season were shown. Gabriel Trevino But after allowing those four Sports Editor touchdowns in 13 minutes, OSU’s defense came to play for the latter 47. NORMAN — When BrenSpencer Sanders and his nan Presley waved his right arm offense trotted onto the field after before catching the ball on a punt, Presley’s fair catch with a shot he didn’t do anything important to make the game a close one. in that moment, but his fair catch Unlike OSU’s defense, it was the also signaled hope growing for offense that didn’t appear in its 28OSU. 13 loss to the Oklahoma Sooners The Cowboys defense just on Saturday night in Norman. forced its third of six straight With 11:27 remaining in the
game down 15, OSU’s drive full of opportunity became one like many others in the loss. First down, Sanders can’t find a receiver open in time and gets sacked. OU’s defense, which averaged 1.9 sacks per game coming into Saturday dropped Sanders five times. It’s also the most times Sanders has hit the turf since Oct. 5, 2019, at Texas Tech in his sixth career start. Second-and-15, a screen pass to Ollie Gordon. A loss of four yards. OSU attempted four screen passes up to this point in the game, three of them either losing yardage or gaining a miniscule amount. See Offense on page 3
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Chase Davis Northern Arizona repeated as men’s cross country national championships. The Lumberjacks have won six in the last seven years.
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on a person. When her young daughter in the movie asks about the case and the actions involved, Kazan portrays raw emotion at the fact that her daughter knows and says the words she shouldn’t have to know at that age. Both leads, Kazan and Carey Mulligan who plays Twohey, do an amazing job of showing the balance of motherhood and an intense, time-consuming job like journalism. Kazan and Mulligan represent their characters with the grace needed in a film such as this one. See ‘She Said’ on page 4