In weather perhaps better suited for the NCAA skiing championships, Arkansas trekked the slippery slope and won its third straight Division I Men's Cross Country Championships November 20 at Iowa State.

Braving temperatures in the teens and a wind-chill factor below zero, four Razorbacks placed among the first 24 finishers to give Arkansas its Division I-best 11th championship overall.

The Razorbacks scored 83 points to edge Colorado's total of 94. The 11-point advantage marked Arkansas' smallest margin of victory in a championship since a 10-point win over Arizona for its first title in 1984.

Senior James Karanu was the first Arkansas runner to finish, completing the 10,000-meter course in 30 minutes, 42.7 seconds and in 11th place. Fellow seniors Sharif Karie and Murray Link were close behind, finishing 13th and 16th, respectively.

Daniel Lincoln gave the Razorbacks a big lift by turning in the race's second-best finish by a freshman, placing 24th overall. Ryan Travis rounded out the scoring for Arkansas, posting a 34th-place effort.

The title is the 36th Division I championship won by Arkansas in either men's cross country, men's indoor track and field, or men's outdoor track and field, all of which have come with head coach John McDonnell at the helm.

McDonnell said his squad remained focused on its own performance rather than worrying about what other teams would do. "We don't look for anybody. I thought we had to have five runners finish in the top 30 and that is exactly what we did," he said.

"We did exactly what we planned to do. We got out in the beginning, stayed up in the pack. In the end, we faded a little bit, but then we came back. They did what they had to do."

The weather played a significant role in the race, according to Link. "The wind was really bad and it really did affect the race," he said. "Once we turned into the wind, guys would fall back and then somebody else would step up. That was how the race was won."

Colorado was led by Jorge Torres, who finished third. The Buffaloes, still looking for their first title in 30 appearances, equaled their 1994 runner-up finish.

Keith Kelly became Providence's first individual champion in the 62-year history of the meet. Kelly, who registered a time of 30 minutes, 14.5 seconds, edged Fairleigh Dickinson's Stephen Ondieki by 1.8 seconds. Defending individual champion David Kimani of Alabama was fourth, only two-tenths of a second behind Torres.

Kelly's title pushed Providence to third place in the team scoring with 121 points. The Friars were followed by Stanford (149) and Wisconsin (167).

Team results

1. Arkansas, 83; 2. Colorado, 94; 3. Providence, 121; 4. Stanford, 149; 5. Wisconsin, 167; 6. Villanova, 181; 7. (tie) Georgetown and Northern Ariz., 269; 9. Notre Dame, 276; 10. William & Mary, 363.

11. North Carolina St., 390; 12. Arizona, 419; 13. Oklahoma St., 434; 14. Ohio St., 445; 15. Iona, 461; 16. Air Force, 467; 17. Indiana, 479; 18. Wake Forest, 488; 19. Weber St., 493; 20. Eastern Mich., 502.

21. Colorado St., 520; 22. Texas, 533; 23. Brigham Young, 541; 24. Minnesota, 542; 25. Dartmouth, 551; 26. Nebraska, 623; 27. Missouri, 649; 28. Alabama, 681; 29. Illinois St., 700; 30. South Fla., 734.

31. Duke, 742.

Individual results

1. Keith Kelly, Providence, 30:14.5; 2. Stephen Ondieki, Fairleigh Dickinson, 30:16.3; 3. Jorge Torres, Colorado, 30:21.4; 4. David Kimani, Alabama, 30:21.6; 5. Franklyn Sanchez, Georgetown, 30:26.9; 6. Ian Connor, Ohio St., 30:29.0; 7. Luke Watson, Notre Dame, 30:29.4; 8. Jason Vanderhoof, Wisconsin, 30:30.2; 9. Adrian Blincoe, Villanova, 30:32.0; 10. Jonathon Riley, Stanford, 30:40.6.

11. James Karanu, Arkansas, 30:42.7; 12. Hamish Thorpe, Providence, 30:43.8; 13. Sharif Karie, Arkansas, 30:45.4; 14. Fraser Thompson, Butler, 30:46.0; 15. Bryan Berryhill, Colorado St., 30:46.8; 16. Murray Link, Arkansas, 30:47.9; 17. Mark Pilja, Michigan, 30:48.5; 18. Steve Bohan, West Virginia, 30:51.6; 19. Steve Slattery, Colorado, 30:52.1; 20. Dermot Galvin, Providence, 30:52.3.

21. Jared Cordes, Wisconsin, 30:53.5; 22. Thomas Murley, Stanford, 30:55.4; 23. David Rodriguez, Georgetown, 30:56.3; 24. Daniel Lincoln, Arkansas, 30:56.8; 25. Michael Fox, James Madison, 30:57.1; 26. Mike Friedberg, Colorado, 30:57.4; 27. Ed Torres, Colorado, 30:57.8; 28. Eliud Njubi, TCU, 30:58.0; 29. Ryan Hayden, Villanova, 30:59.2; 30. Adam Wallace, Wisconsin, 30:59.5.

31. Kevin Koeper, Northern Ariz., 31:00.1; 32. Ed Moran, William & Mary, 31:00.5; 33. Oliver Bodor, Northern Iowa, 31:02.4; 34. Ryan Travis, Arkansas, 31:02.8; 35. Jason Hartmann, Oregon, 31:03.5; 36. Patrick Conway, Notre Dame, 31:04.0; 37. John Hedengren, Brigham Young, 31:04.9; 38. Teren Jameson, Utah, 31:05.1; 39. Tom Parlapiano, Villanova, 31:05.6; 40. Dan Wilson, Connecticut, 31:07.5.

41. Vinny Mulvey, Iona, 31:09.0; 42. Marc Striowski, Notre Dame, 31:10.5; 43. Blake McDowell, Eastern Mich., 31:12.2; 44. Sean Smith, Colorado, 31:15.0; 45. Andy Smith, North Carolina St., 31:16.0; 46. Brian Sell, St. Francis (Pa.), 31:17.1; 47. Aaron Gillen, Indiana, 31:17.8; 48. Donald Sage, Stanford, 31:18.6; 49. Jon Fasulo, Villanova, 31:18.7; 50. Ryan Woods, North Carolina St., 31:18.8.

51. William Kemey, Belmont, 31:19.0; 52. Tom McArdle, Dartmouth, 31:19.1; 53. Louis Luchini, Stanford, 31:19.3; 54. Herbert Mwangi, TCU, 31:21.2; 55. Curtis Moore, Southern Utah, 31:21.4; 56. Terrance McComb, Minnesota, 31:21.7; 57. Nick Smith, Missouri, 31:22.5; 58. Daniel Kinyua, Iowa St., 31:23.3; 59. Seth Hejny, Stanford, 31:23.8; 60. Adam Sutton, Providence, 31:23.9.

61. Charlie Gruber, Kansas, 31:24.2; 62. J. J. O'Rielly, Ohio St., 31:24.6; 63. Bruno Mazzotta, Northern Ariz., 31:25.3; 64. Paul Reilly, Providence, 31:26.1; 65. Michael Kasahun, Oregon, 31:26.2; 66. Travis Laird, Northern Ariz., 31:26.3; 67. Karl Savage, St. Joseph's, 31:26.9; 68. Enda Johnson, Brown, 31:27.1; 69. Chris Estwanik, Wake Forest, 31:27.4; 70. David Lopez, Arizona, 31:27.8.

71. Mike Smith, Georgetown, 31:28.0; 72. Aaron Blondeau, Colorado, 31:28.9; 73. Ben Dawson, Texas, 31:30.2; 74. Jason Schoenfeld, Weber St., 31:30.6; 75. Joe Eckerly, Wisconsin, 31:31.0; 76. Todd Swenson, William & Mary, 31:33.2; 77. Johan Bergstrom, Oklahoma St., 31:33.4; 78. Ian Dobson, Stanford, 31:33.7; 79. Marcus Witter, Nebraska, 31:36.0; 80. Ben Jenkins, William & Mary, 31:36.3.

81. David Vasquez, Oklahoma St., 31:36.8; 82. Tim Keller, Wisconsin, 31:37.5; 83. Chad Andrews, Indiana, 31:38.1; 84. Juan Pablo Miramontes, Northern Ariz., 31:38.8; 85. Albert Kelly, Air Force, 31:38.9; 86. Jason Gunn, Indiana St., 31:39.2; 87. Jochen Dieckfoss, Boston U., 31:39.3; 88. Peter Duyan, Dartmouth, 31:39.6; 89. Tom Prindiville, Arizona, 31:39.8; 90. Mike Green, Troy St., 31:40.2.

91. Chris Acs, Air Force, 31:40.5; 92. Jordan Desilets, Eastern Mich., 31:41.6; 93. Chad Pearson, North Carolina St., 31:42.5; 94. Sean Kelly, Duke, 31:42.8; 95. Nate Uselding, Wisconsin, 31:43.5; 96. Mike Cramer, Arizona, 31:43.8; 97. Jon Wybar, Texas, 31:44.8; 98. Jason Owen, Minnesota, 31:45.7; 99. Todd Mobley, Notre Dame, 31:45.9; 100. Larry Morrissey, Providence, 31:46.1.

101. Ted DeVos, Wake Forest, 31:46.5; 102. Andrew Smith, South Fla., 31:46.7; 103. Joe Monaco, Air Force, 31:46.9; 104. Ben Showers, Villanova, 31:47.2; 105. Ryan Thomas, Northern Ariz., 31:47.6; 106. Jerry Rainey, Oklahoma St., 31:48.0; 107. Tom Carey, Iona, 31:48.6; 108. Aaron Carrizales, Nebraska, 31:49.3; 109. Joel Atwater, Weber St., 31:49.4; 110. Mark Thompson, Arkansas, 31:49.7.

111. Zach Crandall, Colorado, 31:50.6; 112. Joe Hall, Wyoming, 31:50.9; 113. Bob Theile, Virginia, 31:51.3; 114. Justin England, East Caro., 31:52.2; 115. Likhaya Dayile, LSU, 31:52.6; 116. Henrik Ahnstrom, Northern Ariz., 31:53.0; 117. Chris Livesey, Providence, 31:53.1; 118. Ben Lake, Oklahoma St., 31:53.5; 119. Garick Hill, Wake Forest, 31:53.6; 120. Corey Smith, Georgetown, 31:53.9.

121. Bryan Green, UCLA, 31:54.5; 122. Christopher Mutai, Alabama, 31:54.9; 123. Peter Riley, Iona, 31:55.1; 124. Steve Smith, Arizona, 31:55.8; 125. Kevin Barra, Texas, 31:56.2; 126. Joe Wilson, Weber St., 31:56.5; 127. Chris Miltenberg, Georgetown, 31:56.6; 128. Derrick Butler, Ohio St., 31:56.8; 129. Terry Brennan, Duke, 31:57.1; 130. Parker Pruett, Dartmouth, 31:57.3.

131. Lewis Jones, Brigham Young, 31:57.7; 132. Lars Juhl, Illinois St., 31:58.2; 133. Sean Graham, William & Mary, 31:59.6; 134. Brian Murray, South Ala., 32:00.6; 135. Drew Honensee, Wisconsin, 32:01.4; 136. Chris Reis, Cincinnati, 32:01.5; 137. Reagan Robb, Colorado St., 32:01.9; 138. Chris Powers, Indiana, 32:02.4; 139. Josh Buffolino, Wake Forest, 32:02.9; 140. Russ Gerbers, South Fla., 32:03.0.

141. Graeme Reid, Iona, 32:03.1; 142. Jacob Frey, William & Mary, 32:03.7; 143. Aaron Bartee, Eastern Mich., 32:04.4; 144. Andrew McKessock, Minnesota, 32:06.0; 145. Zach Richter, Air Force, 32:08.0; 146. Steve Crane, Eastern Mich., 32:09.2; 147. Mitch Zundel, Utah St., 32:10.3; 148. David Christian, North Carolina St., 32:11.3; 149. Andy Carman, Brigham Young, 32:12.0; 150. Gene Manner, William & Mary, 32:12.8.

151. Girmay Guangul, California, 32:13.1; 152. Josh Lybarger, Colorado St., 32:13.7; 153. Jeremy Tolman, Weber St., 32:14.1; 154. Edward Baker, Harvard, 32:14.2; 155. Phil Councilor, Missouri, 32:14.8; 156. Jon White, Ohio St., 32:15.1; 157. Tim Styler, Villanova, 32:15.6; 158. Kyle Smits, Georgetown, 32:15.9; 159. Dean Bowker, North Carolina St., 32:16.2; 160. Devin Swann, North Carolina St., 32:16.9.

161. Andrew Carlson, Arizona, 32:17.1; 162. Dennis Lorenz, Weber St., 32:17.4; 163. Nathan Purcell, Indiana, 32:17.7; 164. Dula Parkinson, Brigham Young, 32:17.8; 165. Sean Zanderson, Notre Dame, 32:18.0; 166. Dylan Olchin, Colorado St., 32:18.6; 167. David Romero, Air Force, 32:18.9; 168. Mark Reed, Illinois St., 32:19.2; 169. Jay Wassell, Iona, 32:19.7; 170. Bruce Wright, Oklahoma St., 32:19.9.

171. Jeff Zeha, Indiana, 32:20.2; 172. Fras Schimper, Arkansas, 32:20.5; 173. Ben Payne, Air Force, 32:20.8; 174. Chris Duncan, Florida, 32:21.4; 175. Jason Muriby, Texas, 32:21.9; 176. David Patterson, North Carolina St., 32:22.9; 177. Chris Cole, Colorado St., 32:23.3; 178. Juwan Nuyayokus, Northern Ariz., 32:23.7; 179. Dean Fields, William & Mary, 32:24.5; 180. Kyle Wyatt, Nebraska, 32:25.0.

181. Morgan Scoville, Villanova, 32:25.9; 182. Joseph Corr, Minnesota, 32:26.2; 183. Robert Briet, Illinois St., 32:26.4; 184. Peter Madsen, Illinois St., 32:26.6; 185. Matt McInvale, Arizona, 32:26.8; 186. Jason Woolhouse, Oklahoma St., 32:27.4; 187. Jason Taylor, Dartmouth, 32:27.8; 188. Ryan Fitzgerald, Missouri, 32:28.6; 189. Sean Nagorny, Wake Forest, 32:29.8; 190. Golden Harper, Brigham Young, 32:29.9.

191. Christian Goy, Illinois St., 32:30.0; 192. Avery Blackwell, Cal Poly, 32:30.2; 193. Gregory Rouault, Oklahoma St., 32:30.8; 194. Luke Mullranin, Minnesota, 32:31.1; 195. Barry Egan, South Fla., 32:33.0; 196. Steven Wade, Missouri, 32:33.9; 197. Jed Barta, Nebraska, 32:34.1; 198. Jeff Wood, Texas, 32:35.7; 199. Mark Smyth, Iona, 32:36.4; 200. Adam MacDowell, Missouri, 32:36.5.

201. Mike Kamm, Nebraska, 32:36.9; 202. Joseph Borg, Eastern Mich., 32:38.8; 203. Joe Barnes, Ohio St., 32:39.6; 204. Hugh Christiansen, Weber St., 32:39.7; 205. Bart Phariss, Indiana, 32:39.9; 206. Ian Gray, Nebraska, 32:40.5; 207. Kevin Chandler, Indiana, 32:41.3; 208. Brendan Fitzgibbon, Duke, 32:45.2; 209. Jimmy Butler, Wake Forest, 32:45.7; 210. Matt Dunn, Georgetown, 32:46.5.

211. Ryan Desgrange, Eastern Mich., 32:47.6; 212. Sjaan Gerth, Ohio St., 32:48.2; 213. Ed Acosta, Wake Forest, 32:49.3; 214. David Albern, Notre Dame, 32:50.1; 215. Jan Erik Salo, South Fla., 32:50.6; 216. Solomon Kandie, Tulane, 32:50.9; 217. Tim Miller, Ohio St., 32:54.2; 218. Gabe Olchin, Colorado St., 32:55.7; 219. Shane Rogers, Air Force, 32:57.6; 220. Francis Rono, Alabama, 32:59.2.

221. Rick Weis, Arizona, 32:59.5; 222. Bryce LaPierre, Dartmouth, 33:01.9; 223. Jarrod Shoemaker, Dartmouth, 33:03.0; 224. Eric Rasmussen, Nebraska, 33:03.6; 225. Japheth Koech, Alabama, 33:07.8; 226. Mike Olague, Houston, 33:10.2; 227. Corbin Talley, Weber St., 33:12.8; 228. Jay Champi, Duke, 33:14.2; 229. Jason Bialka, Eastern Ill., 33:15.7; 230. Dave Chalmers, Dartmouth, 33:18.1.

231. Paul Pobursky, Eastern Mich., 33:18.8; 232. Ben Wynn, Brigham Young, 33:21.0; 233. Mike Pitts, Missouri, 33:22.1; 234. Jordan McCambridge, Texas, 33:26.2; 235. Rob Vermillion, Colorado St., 33:27.4; 236. Neil Hanson, Minnesota, 33:28.3; 237. Lee Tittle, Missouri, 33:28.6; 238. Kyle Fenton, South Fla., 33:29.5; 239. Adam Growley, Winthrop, 33:29.7; 240. Chris Williams, Duke, 33:31.0.

241. John Keane, Notre Dame, 33:32.7; 242. Michael McKeever, Duke, 33:32.9; 243. Kevin Bailey, Illinois St., 33:48.2; 244. Adam Perez, Duke, 33:52.8; 245. Richard Jones, South Fla., 34:00.4; 246. Joseph Herring, Alabama, 34:00.5; 247. Scott Utne, Minnesota, 34:03.1; 248. Josh Rohatinsky, Brigham Young, 34:03.4; 249. Troy Henderson, Alabama, 34:05.4; 250. Cameron Keel, Texas, 34:17.5.

251. Andrew Powell, Stanford, 34:55.1; 252. Todd Quednau, Illinois St., 35:00.9; 253. James Powell, Alabama, 36:15.1; Matt Johnson, South Fla., did not finish; Miguel Pinto, Iona, did not finish.