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Colorado men’s team employs team effort to cruise past defending champ Wisconsin
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Colorado outpaced top-ranked and defending champion Wisconsin to claim its second Division I Men’s Cross Country Championships team title in three years at the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course in Terre Haute, Indiana.
The Buffaloes placed five runners among the top 35 scorers November 20 to cruise past the Badgers by 48 points and claim their third men’s championship overall since 2001.
Junior Brent Vaughn was Colorado’s top scorer, finishing eighth among scoring runners and 12th overall. But it may have been junior Stephen Pifer’s surge during the second half of the 10-kilometer race that boosted the Buffaloes to victory.
"I knew in the second half I had to come back and catch a lot of guys," he said. And that’s just what he did. Pifer trailed 52 runners at the halfway point but rallied past 32 opponents to finish 10th among scorers and 20th overall. Senior Erik Heinonen capped his career by placing 15th among scorers and 28th overall.
The temperature neared 50 degrees at race time — the warmest start in the past three years at Terre Haute — but contestants still dealt with muddy conditions after nearly 5 inches of rain during the week before the event.
"We did well here a couple of years ago, too, and everyone was telling me that the mud was perfect for us," said Colorado coach Mark Wetmore, who now has collected a total of four national titles as a coach, including a dual men’s and women’s victory in 2004 in Terre Haute. "But Boulder is like a desert and isn’t very muddy."
In individual competition, Brigham Young senior Josh Rohatinsky pulled away from Stanford’s Neftalem Araia and Southern Utah’s Jess Baumgartner to win the race with a time of 30 minutes, 44.9 seconds.
The first half of the race was crowded at the front, with eight runners passing the halfway point tied for first. But Rohatinsky and Araia were able to break away, followed closely by Baumgartner, who stayed close until the last 500 yards. Then, Rohatinsky slipped away to finish eight seconds ahead of Araia.
"I looked back about halfway down the stretch and noticed that no one was behind me," Rohatinsky said. "It was at that point when I realized that no one was going to catch me."
"Josh had a phenomenal performance," said Brigham Young coach Ed Eyestone. "He was patient and spotted well. We’ve known all year long that he’s an amazing athlete, so it’s nice to see it materialize here."
Team results
1. Colorado, 94; 2. Wisconsin, 142; 3. Iona, 172; 4. Stanford, 195; 5. (tie) Oregon and Arkansas, 196; 7. Texas, 246; 8. William & Mary, 292; 9. Providence, 293; 10. Oklahoma St., 356; 11. Brigham Young, 367; 12. Washington, 414; 13. Cal Poly, 441; 14. Virginia, 446; 15. Louisville, 458; 16. North Carolina St., 469; 17. Michigan St., 473; 18. Portland, 487; 19. Notre Dame, 495; 20. Kansas, 509; 21. Arizona, 517; 22. Florida, 521; 23. UCLA, 546; 24. Georgetown, 547; 25. Butler, 550; 26. American, 552; 27. UC Santa Barb., 553; 28. Iowa, 580; 29. Washington St., 595; 30. Florida St., 602; 31. Alabama, 683.
Individual results
1. Josh Rohatinsky, Brigham Young, 30:44.9; 2. Neftalem Araia, Stanford, 30:52.6; 3. Jess Baumgartner, Southern Utah, 30:53.2; 4. Lopez Lomong, Northern Ariz., 30:59.8; 5. Martin Fagan, Providence, 31:01.0; 6. Galen Rupp, Oregon, 31:03.0; 7. Jacob Korir, Eastern Ky., 31:03.5; 8. Peter Kosgei, Arkansas, 31:04.4; 9. Aaron Aguayo, Arizona St., 31:06.6; 10. Robert Cheseret, Arizona, 31:09.3.
Team results
1. Colorado, 94; 2. Wisconsin, 142; 3. Iona, 172; 4. Stanford, 195; 5. (tie) Oregon and Arkansas, 196; 7. Texas, 246; 8. William & Mary, 292; 9. Providence, 293; 10. Oklahoma St., 356; 11. Brigham Young, 367; 12. Washington, 414; 13. Cal Poly, 441; 14. Virginia, 446; 15. Louisville, 458; 16. North Carolina St., 469; 17. Michigan St., 473; 18. Portland, 487; 19. Notre Dame, 495; 20. Kansas, 509; 21. Arizona, 517; 22. Florida, 521; 23. UCLA, 546; 24. Georgetown, 547; 25. Butler, 550; 26. American, 552; 27. UC Santa Barb., 553; 28. Iowa, 580; 29. Washington St., 595; 30. Florida St., 602; 31. Alabama, 683.
Individual results
1. Josh Rohatinsky, Brigham Young, 30:44.9; 2. Neftalem Araia, Stanford, 30:52.6; 3. Jess Baumgartner, Southern Utah, 30:53.2; 4. Lopez Lomong, Northern Ariz., 30:59.8; 5. Martin Fagan, Providence, 31:01.0; 6. Galen Rupp, Oregon, 31:03.0; 7. Jacob Korir, Eastern Ky., 31:03.5; 8. Peter Kosgei, Arkansas, 31:04.4; 9. Aaron Aguayo, Arizona St., 31:06.6; 10. Robert Cheseret, Arizona, 31:09.3.
11. Stuart Eagon, Wisconsin, 31:12.1; 12. Brent Vaughn, Colorado, 31:13.0; 13. Stephen Samoei, UTEP, 31:15.5; 14. Chris Rombough, Minnesota, 31:16.9; 15. Sean Quigley, La Salle, 31:20.0; 16. Samuel Chelanga, Fairleigh Dickinson, 31:20.2; 17. Kevin Chelimo, Texas Tech, 31:22.2; 18. Tim Nelson, Wisconsin, 31:23.3; 19. Shadrack Songok, Tex. A&M-Corpus Christi, 31:23.3; 20. Stephen Pifer, Colorado, 31:24.2.
21. Phillip Reid, Cal Poly, 31:24.2; 22. Mark Korir, Wyoming, 31:24.8; 23. Mohamed Khadroui, Iona, 31:25.1; 24. Matt Withrow, Wisconsin, 31:25.7; 25. Seth Pilkington, Weber St., 31:32.2; 26. Colby Wissel, Kansas, 31:34.3; 27. Josh McDougal, Liberty, 31:34.6; 28. Erik Heinonen, Colorado, 31:34.7; 29. Francis Kasagule, Lamar, 31:34.9; 30. Corey Nowitzke, Eastern Mich., 31:36.5.
31. Dan Mazzocco, Penn St., 31:37.2; 32. Jan Foerster, Virginia, 31:38.0; 33. Jordan Kyle, Indiana, 31:39.3; 34. Christo Landry, William & Mary, 31:40.8; 35. Scott Overall, Butler, 31:41.6; 36. Patrick Smyth, Notre Dame, 31:41.7; 37. Joe Thorne, Texas, 31:42.9; 38. Augustus Maiyo, Alabama, 31:43.4; 39. Dave Nightingale, Princeton, 31:43.8; 40. Harbert Okuti, Iona, 31:46.8.
41. Tonny Okello, South Ala., 31:46.9; 42. Paul Hefferon, Kansas, 31:47.7; 43. Andrew Lemoncello, Florida St., 31:48.6; 44. Seth Summerside, Arkansas, 31:48.9; 45. Itay Magidi, Clemson, 31:52.8; 46. JD Krawczyk, UC Santa Barb., 31:54.1; 47. James Strang, Colorado, 31:54.5; 48. Scott MacPherson, Arkansas, 31:56.0; 49. Diego Mercado, Oregon, 31:56.5; 50. Forest Braden, Boise St., 31:56.6.
51. Pat Werhane, Oregon, 31:56.8; 52. Joe Gray, Oklahoma St., 31:59.6; 53. Jeremy Mineau, Washington, 32:00.0; 54. Leonel Manzano, Texas, 32:00.8; 55. Samuel Kosgei, Lamar, 32:01.0; 56. Billy Nelson, Colorado, 32:02.7; 57. Andrew Ledwith, Iona, 32:03.0; 58. Kyle Shackleton, UCLA, 32:04.5; 59. Ben True, Dartmouth, 32:05.0; 60. Keith Bechtol, William & Mary, 32:07.0.
61. Steven Hassen, Florida, 32:08.3; 62. Cory Thorne, Louisville, 32:10.0; 63. Brendan Fennell, American, 32:10.7; 64. Garrett Heath, Stanford, 32:11.4; 65. Mike Sayenko, Washington, 32:11.9; 66. Eric MacTaggart, Iowa, 32:12.2; 67. Andrew Middleton, Texas, 32:12.2; 68. Forrest Tahdooahnippa, Stanford, 32:12.6; 69. Matthew Kiplagat, Iona, 32:13.4; 70. Daniel Watts, Oklahoma St., 32:14.0.
71. Barnabas Kirui, Mississippi, 32:14.3; 72. Ahmed Haji, Providence, 32:14.3; 73. Chris Solinsky, Wisconsin, 32:15.0; 74. Kenny Cormier, Arkansas, 32:15.0; 75. Matthew Forys, Bucknell, 32:19.7; 76. Justin Kunz, Indiana St., 32:20.4; 77. Erik Stanley, Texas, 32:20.9; 78. Hakon Devries, Stanford, 32:21.2; 79. Chandler Goodwin, Brigham Young, 32:21.4; 80. Chuck McKenzie, Portland, 32:21.7.
81. Brett Gotcher, Stanford, 32:22.2; 82. Micah Vandenend, Iowa, 32:23.6; 83. Abraham Ng’eitch, Iona, 32:25.2; 84. Max Smith, Providence, 32:25.5; 85. Drew Shackleton, UCLA, 32:26.5; 86. Carl Moe, Washington, 32:27.3; 87. John Moore, Portland, 32:28.1; 88. Ben Stern, Oregon, 32:28.4; 89. Adam Hortian, Iona, 32:30.0; 90. Craig Miller, Wisconsin, 32:30.0.
91. Tom Lancashire, Florida St., 32:30.7; 92. David Torrence, California, 32:31.2; 93. Wesley Korir, Louisville, 32:31.6; 94. Tibor Vegh, North Carolina St., 32:33.3; 95. Christian Wagner, Wisconsin, 32:33.9; 96. Ian Fitzgerald, William & Mary, 32:34.9; 97. Justin Zonotti, Michigan St., 32:35.7; 98. Shadrack Kiptoo-Biwot, Oregon, 32:37.0; 99. Andrew Dumm, Virginia, 32:37.1; 100. David Jankowski, Oklahoma St., 32:37.2.
101. David Kemboi, Norfolk St., 32:37.7; 102. Obed Mutanya, Arizona, 32:37.8; 103. Matt Bartlebaugh, Michigan St., 32:38.0; 104. Jacob Gomez, Stanford, 32:39.6; 105. Ian Burrell, Georgia, 32:39.9; 106. Kyle Perry, Brigham Young, 32:40.4; 107. Richard Yeates, Providence, 32:40.7; 108. Dave Mock, William & Mary, 32:40.9; 109. Jeremy Criscione, Florida, 32:40.9; 110. Stephen Furst, North Carolina St., 32:41.8.
111. Jacob Gustafsson, Brigham Young, 32:41.9; 112. Siomo Kiplagat, Louisville, 32:42.1; 113. Matt Sheeks, Portland, 32:42.5; 114. John Crews, North Carolina St., 32:42.9; 115. Andy Biladeau, Virginia, 32:43.3; 116. Andre Laboy, Georgetown, 32:44.0; 117. Shawn Forrest, Arkansas, 32:44.5; 118. Justin Scheid, Georgetown, 32:46.1; 119. Jason Bill, Illinois, 32:46.4; 120. Anthony Arena, William & Mary, 32:46.6.
121. Kiel Uhl, Iowa St., 32:46.9; 122. Emmanuel Bor, Alabama, 32:48.1; 123. Woody Favinger, Washington St., 32:49.0; 124. Brian Ehlis, Oklahoma St., 32:49.7; 125. Joe Gatel, Cal Poly, 32:49.8; 126. Tim Ross, Missouri, 32:50.8; 127. Mike Chavez, UC Santa Barb., 32:51.1; 128. Luke Llamas, Cal Poly, 32:51.9; 129. Brian Dalpiaz, Georgetown, 32:52.4; 130. Owen Washburn, Texas, 32:52.8.
131. Drew Polley, Washington St., 32:53.3; 132. Kurt Benninger, Notre Dame, 32:54.4; 133. Ryder Leary, Florida, 32:54.7; 134. John Ealy, Ohio St., 32:55.2; 135. Max Feldman, Connecticut, 32:55.3; 136. Jonathan Pierce, Stanford, 32:55.8; 137. Darren Gauson, Butler, 32:56.5; 138. Gavin Coombs, North Carolina St., 32:56.5; 139. Micheal Eaton, Louisville, 32:57.9; 140. Nick Weidman, Providence, 32:58.4.
141. Carlos Trujillo, Oregon, 32:58.8; 142. Stephan Shay, Michigan St., 32:59.2; 143. Adam Sprangel, Michigan St., 32:59.3; 144. Moses Mpanga, Arizona, 33:01.4; 145. Dustin Voss, Michigan St., 33:01.8; 146. Alejandro Ruiz, Oklahoma St., 33:02.1; 147. Jameson Mora, Cal Poly, 33:02.4; 148. Jake Morse, Texas, 33:02.7; 149. Andrew Jones, Washington St., 33:03.6; 150. Marlon Patterson, UCLA, 33:03.8.
151. Jake Watson, Notre Dame, 33:04.4; 152. Bradley Harkrader, Colorado, 33:05.3; 153. Dan Beardslee, American, 33:05.5; 154. Nick Katsefaras, Michigan St., 33:05.7; 155. Steve Hallinan, American, 33:05.9; 156. Sean Anastasia-Murphy, William & Mary, 33:06.0; 157. Alex Grant, Washington St., 33:06.4; 158. Michael Banks, Georgetown, 33:08.1; 159. Jake Walker, Notre Dame, 33:09.2; 160. Brian McKinstry, Texas A&M, 33:09.7.
161. Hayden McLaren, Providence, 33:10.1; 162. Troy Swier, Cal Poly, 33:10.5; 163. Luke Gunn, Florida St., 33:11.8; 164. Erik Sloan, Kansas, 33:12.1; 165. Taylor Smith, Virginia, 33:12.5; 166. Micah Tyhurst, UC Santa Barb., 33:13.0; 167. Bryce Ruiz, North Carolina St., 33:14.4; 168. Wesley Smith, North Carolina St., 33:15.0; 169. Todd Ptacek, Notre Dame, 33:15.8; 170. Carlos Jamieson, American, 33:15.8.
171. Travis Boyd, Washington, 33:21.6; 172. Conor Lanz, American, 33:21.9; 173. Alex Hains, Butler, 33:22.5; 174. Jeff Kent, Iowa, 33:23.5; 175. Brock Hagerman, Notre Dame, 33:23.9; 176. Micah Rolfe, Portland, 33:24.0; 177. Andrew Jesien, Virginia, 33:26.4; 178. Garcia Jose, Florida, 33:27.8; 179. Adam Shimer, Washington, 33:28.2; 180. Vincent Rono, South Ala., 33:29.1.
181. Richard Kay, Butler, 33:29.2; 182. Justin Roeder, Butler, 33:29.6; 183. Justin Houck, Portland, 33:30.3; 184. Chris Ashley, UC Santa Barb., 33:30.4; 185. Patrick Mellea, Boston College, 33:30.7; 186. Kenny Klotz, Oregon, 33:34.1; 187. Matt Debole, Georgetown, 33:34.7; 188. Matt French, Kansas, 33:35.6; 189. Pat Caufield, Iona, 33:36.1; 190. Tim Aukshunas, UC Santa Barb., 33:36.4.
191. Brandon Hebbert, Brigham Young, 33:37.5; 192. Adam Perkins, Arkansas, 33:39.3; 193. Kevin Peters, Washington, 33:39.6; 194. Chris Ogle, Arizona, 33:39.8; 195. Michael Kilburg, Portland, 33:40.0; 196. Enoch Nadler, Florida, 33:40.5; 197. Evan Anderson, Cal Poly, 33:42.0; 198. Brandon Bethke, Wisconsin, 33:43.5; 199. Dustin Bybee, Brigham Young, 33:43.8; 200. Ryan Wilson, Texas, 33:44.3.
201. Laef Barnes, UCLA, 33:45.3; 202. Ryan Byrne, Louisville, 33:45.6; 203. Clay Hemlock, Washington St., 33:46.0; 204. Alex Korir, Alabama, 33:47.0; 205. Waleed Totari, UC Santa Barb., 33:47.2; 206. Blake Schlotzhauer, Iowa, 33:47.3; 207. Eric Chavez, Arizona, 33:49.1; 208. Mike Haddan, UCLA, 33:49.8; 209. Brian McCabe, American, 33:51.0; 210. Jesse Luciano, Iowa, 33:51.6.
211. Colin Leak, William & Mary, 33:53.5; 212. Chris Kollar, North Carolina St., 33:54.1; 213. Pete Janson, Colorado, 33:56.5; 214. David Bills, Michigan St., 33:57.5; 215. Andy Rayner, Butler, 34:01.3; 216. Jason Colavito, Arizona, 34:03.5; 217. Henry Hagenbuch, UCLA, 34:04.0; 218. Matt Kinback, Providence, 34:04.5; 219. Wes Seacat, Louisville, 34:04.6; 220. Jon Harding, Washington, 34:06.7.
221. Chris Williams, Washington St., 34:08.8; 222. Scott McClain, Louisville, 34:09.9; 223. Mike Quackenbush, Portland, 34:10.7; 224. Daniel Parker, Florida, 34:12.6; 225. Matt Barnes-Smith, Oklahoma St., 34:13.7; 226. Tyler Hill, Arkansas, 34:15.4; 227. Tim Galebach, Harvard, 34:17.8; 228. Tyrel Jensen, Brigham Young, 34:18.3; 229. Mark Buckingham, Florida St., 34:19.3; 230. Patrick McGowan, Kansas, 34:20.0.
231. Brett Adams, Notre Dame, 34:20.6; 232. Luke Beevor, Florida St., 34:21.4; 233. Kenny Frank, Arizona, 34:25.7; 234. Titus Koeh, Alabama, 34:28.5; 235. Jake Matthews, UCLA, 34:30.6; 236. Alex Tatu, Virginia, 34:37.2; 237. Sam Jacobs, Butler, 34:39.9; 238. Tommy Tate, Iowa, 34:44.5; 239. Javier Cruz, Florida St., 34:53.1; 240. Art Avitia, UC Santa Barb., 34:53.6.
241. Dan Nunn, Georgetown, 34:59.4; 242. Andy Napier, Iowa, 35:01.3; 243. Michael Breshears, Oklahoma St., 35:02.4; 244. Justin Taylor, Florida, 35:05.2; 245. Awit Yohannes, American, 35:11.1; 246. Frederick Cameron, Alabama, 35:25.4; 247. Jeff Lease, Cal Poly, 35:41.0; 248. Paul Guevara, Alabama, 35:47.2; 249. Daniel Geib, Washington St., 36:07.7; 250. Chris Nickinson, Florida St., 36:27.6.
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