Oregon recalled its glory days and conjured memories of runners like Steve Prefontaine and Alberto Salazar as it surged to its first team title in three decades at the Division I Men’s Cross Country Championships November 19 in Terre Haute, Indiana.

The Ducks took a commanding lead early in the race behind junior Galen Rupp, who stayed at or near the front of the field for most of the 10,000-meter race until Liberty senior Josh McDougal kicked past Rupp with about 100 meters left to claim the individual title with a one-second win.
The 28-point win over Iona at Indiana State’s La Vern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course is Oregon’s first since Salazar helped lead the Ducks to victory in 1977, but fifth overall for a program that consistently was a national contender during the 1970s. It was the Ducks’ best finish at the championships since a second-place showing in 1989.

Coach Vin Lananna, who coached three Stanford teams to cross country titles, claimed his first championship since taking the reins at Oregon in 2005 — and also saw the Oregon women post a second-place finish about 45 minutes later at the Gibson Course.

“It was nice to be up there on the (awards) stage again, and I’m very proud of our teams — they’re a great group of kids,” he said.

Rupp, leader of a squad that featured three juniors and four sophomores, was philosophical about his loss in the individual competition and jubilant over the team victory.

“It’s better to go home in a van full of seven happy guys rather than one happy guy,” he said.
Although Iona was unable to seriously challenge the Ducks for the title, it did post its best finish yet at the championships, improving on a third-place run last year. Ninth-ranked Oklahoma State finished a mildly surprising third place, while Lopez Lomong’s third-place finish individually powered Northern Arizona to fourth place in the team standings. Defending champion Wisconsin rounded out the top five.

McDougal bounced back from a 27th-place finish at last year’s championships with what he admitted was a “chip on my shoulder,” and traded positions back and forth with Rupp as the pair pulled away from Lomong through the second half of the race.

Rupp attempted to pull away from McDougal entering the course’s long final stretch, but McDougal reeled Rupp back in, setting up the finish.

“With about 200 (meters) to go I saw he was tightening up and I was just about flat out, so I waited until I could see the finish line to sprint,” McDougal said.

“I was just exhausted,” he said of the finish. “I was relieved to have won it, but those final 100 meters I was barely lifting my legs, I was so exhausted.”

Team results
1. Oregon, 85; 2. Iona 113; 3. Oklahoma St. 180; 4. Northern Ariz., 190; 5. Wisconsin, 239; 6. Alabama, 280; 7. Colorado, 287; 8. Minnesota, 322; 9. Louisville, 324; 10. UTEP, 331; 11. Cal Poly, 367; 12. Virginia, 374; 13. Georgetown, 398; 14. Portland, 424; 15. William & Mary, 432; 16. California, 434; 17. Texas, 437; 18. North Carolina St., 439; 19. Stanford, 451; 20. Florida St., 454; 21. Notre Dame, 467; 22. Brigham Young, 469; 23. Arkansas, 470; 24. Michigan, 490; 25. Villanova, 526; 26. Arizona St., 601; 27. Providence, 604; 28. Indiana, 618; 29. Tulsa, 627; 30. (tie) Ohio St. and Iowa St., 636.

Individual results
1. Josh McDougal, Liberty, 29:22.4; 2. Galen Rupp, Oregon, 29:23.4; 3. Lopez Lomong, Northern Ariz., 29:45.5; 4. Robert Curtis, Villanova, 29:46.3; 5. Brent Vaughn, Colorado, 29:47.4; 6. Jacob Korir, Eastern Ky., 29:48.7; 7. Shadrack Songok, A&M-Corpus Christi, 29:50.1; 8. David Kinsella, Portland, 29:52.2; 9. Shadrack Kiptoo-Biwot, Oregon, 29:55.9; 10. David McNeill, Northern Ariz., 29:56.8.

Team results
1. Oregon, 85; 2. Iona 113; 3. Oklahoma St. 180; 4. Northern Ariz., 190; 5. Wisconsin, 239; 6. Alabama, 280; 7. Colorado, 287; 8. Minnesota, 322; 9. Louisville, 324; 10. UTEP, 331; 11. Cal Poly, 367; 12. Virginia, 374; 13. Georgetown, 398; 14. Portland, 424; 15. William & Mary, 432; 16. California, 434; 17. Texas, 437; 18. North Carolina St., 439; 19. Stanford, 451; 20. Florida St., 454; 21. Notre Dame, 467; 22. Brigham Young, 469; 23. Arkansas, 470; 24. Michigan, 490; 25. Villanova, 526; 26. Arizona St., 601; 27. Providence, 604; 28. Indiana, 618; 29. Tulsa, 627; 30. (tie) Ohio St. and Iowa St., 636.

Individual results
1. Josh McDougal, Liberty, 29:22.4; 2. Galen Rupp, Oregon, 29:23.4; 3. Lopez Lomong, Northern Ariz., 29:45.5; 4. Robert Curtis, Villanova, 29:46.3; 5. Brent Vaughn, Colorado, 29:47.4; 6. Jacob Korir, Eastern Ky., 29:48.7; 7. Shadrack Songok, A&M-Corpus Christi, 29:50.1; 8. David Kinsella, Portland, 29:52.2; 9. Shadrack Kiptoo-Biwot, Oregon, 29:55.9; 10. David McNeill, Northern Ariz., 29:56.8.

11. Ryan Vail, Oklahoma St., 29:57.9; 12. Wesley Korir, Louisville, 29:58.3; 13. Christo Landry, William & Mary, 30:04.0; 14. Abraham Ng’etich, Iona, 30:04.6; 15. Patrick Smyth, Notre Dame, 30:05.4; 16. Trent Hoerr, Illinois, 30:07.1; 17. Matt Withrow, Wisconsin, 30:09.0; 18. Augustus Maiyo, Alabama, 30:12.8; 19. Mark Korir, Wyoming, 30:13.2; 20. Jeremy Johnson, New Mexico, 30:18.3.

21. David Chirchir, Oklahoma St., 30:19.2; 22. Andrew Bumbalough, Georgetown, 30:19.8; 23. Stephen Samoei, UTEP, 30:20.4; 24. Francis Kasagule, Lamar, 30:20.6; 25. Mohamed Khadraoui, Iona, 30:20.9; 26. Seth Pilkington, Weber St., 30:21.1; 27. Leonel Manzano, Texas, 30:21.7; 28. Andy Baker, Butler, 30:22.4; 29. Chris Rombough, Minnesota, 30:24.8; 30. Diego Mercado, Oregon, 30:26.3.

31. Andrew Ledwith, Iona, 30:28.2; 32. Austin Ramos, UCLA, 30:29.5; 33. Phillip Reid, Cal Poly, 30:31.2; 34. Stephen Pifer, Colorado, 30:32.4; 35. Cory Thorne, Louisville, 30:34.7; 36. Andrew Kirwa, Alabama, 30:35.3; 37. Kenny Klotz, Oregon, 30:35.3; 38. Harbert Okuti, Iona, 30:35.3; 39. Colby Wissel, Kansas, 30:36.1; 40. Stuart Eagon, Wisconsin, 30:36.8.

41. Daniel Mercado, Oregon, 30:37.0; 42. Jan Foerster, Virginia, 30:37.1; 43. Hassan Mead, Minnesota, 30:37.6; 44. Emmanuel Bor, Alabama, 30:37.8; 45. Mathew Kiplagat, Iona, 30:37.8; 46. Chandler Goodwin, Brigham Young, 30:39.4; 47. Morten Bostrom, Northern Ariz., 30:40.6; 48. Patrick Mutai, UTEP, 30:41.4; 49. Ahmed Haji, Providence, 30:41.7; 50. Neftalem Araia, Stanford, 30:42.0.

51. Russell Brown, Stanford, 30:42.0; 52. Shawn Forrest, Arkansas, 30:42.2; 53. Daniel Watts, Oklahoma St., 30:42.5; 54. Abraham Kutingala, Alabama, 30:42.6; 55. Matt Debole, Georgetown, 30:43.1; 56. Emil Heineking, Virginia, 30:43.6; 57. Nicodemus Ng’etich, UTEP, 30:44.0; 58. Forrest Tahdooahnippa, Minnesota, 30:44.0; 59. Michael Maag, Princeton, 30:44.5; 60. Matt Barnes-Smith, Oklahoma St., 30:44.9.

61. Jake Morse, Texas, 30:47.4; 62. David Torrence, California, 30:47.7; 63. Japheth Ngo’joy, UTEP, 30:47.8; 64. Matt Munoz, Arkansas, 30:49.4; 65. Siomo Kiplagat, Louisville, 30:49.4; 66. Michael Kilburg, Portland, 30:50.1; 67. Yosef Ghebray, California, 30:53.6; 68. Joseph Simichimba, LSU, 30:54.2; 69. Luke Gunn, Florida St., 30:55.0; 70. Michael Krisch, Georgetown, 30:55.4.

71. Micheal Eaton, Louisville, 30:55.8; 72. Ryan Foster, Virginia, 30:56.4; 73. Dave Nightingale, Princeton, 30:56.7; 74. Landon Peacock, Wisconsin, 30:56.8; 75. Jon Cardenas, Northern Ariz., 30:57.3; 76. Jake Watson, Notre Dame, 30:58.5; 77. Mohamed Mohamed, Southern Ill., 30:58.9; 78. Tibor Vegh, North Carolina St., 30:59.1; 79. John Ealy, Ohio St., 30:59.5; 80. Andrew Lacy, Wisconsin, 31:00.0.

81. Lex Williams, Michigan, 31:00.0; 82. David Jankowski, Oklahoma St., 31:00.1; 83. Sage Canaday, Cornell, 31:00.3; 84. David McCarthy, Providence, 31:00.6; 85. Micah Tirop, South Ala., 31:01.8; 86. Justin Scheid, Georgetown, 31:02.2; 87. Kenyon Neuman, Colorado, 31:02.4; 88. Kiel Uhl, Iowa St., 31:02.6; 89. Christian Wagner, Wisconsin, 31:03.6; 90. Hakon Devries, Stanford, 31:04.2.

91. Jeff Helmer, Arizona St., 31:04.4; 92. Bradley Harkrader, Colorado, 31:04.6; 93. Stephen Furst, North Carolina St., 31:04.7; 94. Steeve Gabart, Florida St., 31:04.9; 95. Troy Swier, Cal Poly, 31:05.4; 96. Kyle Shackleton, UCLA, 31:06.0; 97. Matt Leeder, Florida St., 31:06.1; 98. Brandon Bethke, Wisconsin, 31:06.3; 99. Jeremy Criscione, Florida, 31:06.3; 100. Jeff See, Ohio St., 31:07.0.

101. Ulices Pina, UC Riverside, 31:08.0; 102. Ben Guest, Villanova, 31:08.6; 103. Timothy McLeod, Indiana, 31:08.7; 104. Drew Shackleton, UCLA, 31:09.0; 105. Ben Ashkettle, Northern Ariz., 31:09.3; 106. Craig Leon, Ohio, 31:09.4; 107. Erik Stanley, Texas, 31:09.8; 108. Chris Barnicle, Arkansas, 31:10.3; 109. Matt Johnsrud, Cal Poly, 31:10.6; 110. Kyle Alcorn , Arizona St., 31:10.9.

111. Evan Anderson, Cal Poly, 31:11.9; 112. Felix Kibioywo, Auburn, 31:12.3; 113. Joseph Maina, Eastern Ky., 31:12.9; 114. Jeff Lease, Cal Poly, 31:14.2; 115. Gavin Coombs, North Carolina St., 31:15.1; 116. Brandon Hebbert, Brigham Young, 31:16.3; 117. Michael Coe, California, 31:16.9; 118. Brandon Fellows, Michigan, 31:17.3; 119. Brendan Fennell, American, 31:18.4; 120. Justin Grunewald, Minnesota, 31:19.6.

121. Craig Forys, Michigan, 31:20.0; 122. Jeff Scull, Syracuse, 31:20.5; 123. Patterson Wilhelm, William & Mary, 31:20.8; 124. Dustin Bybee, Brigham Young, 31:20.9; 125. Dan Hedgecock, Missouri, 31:21.2; 126. Taylor Smith, Virginia, 31:21.3; 127. John Beattie, Tulsa, 31:21.5; 128. Wesley Smith, North Carolina St., 31:21.9; 129. Joel Stansloski, Tulsa, 31:22.0; 130. Justin Houck, Portland, 31:22.6.

131. Mark Buckingham, Florida St., 31:23.9; 132. Michael Kerrigan, Villanova, 31:24.4; 133. Dave Mock, William & Mary, 31:24.5; 134. Jake Walker, Notre Dame, 31:24.7; 135. Pat Sovacool, Miami (Ohio), 31:24.7; 136. Matt Williams, Air Force, 31:25.0; 137. Chris Kollar, North Carolina St., 31:25.3; 138. Ian Fitzgerald, William & Mary, 31:25.5; 139. Ben Massam, William & Mary, 31:25.5; 140. Ben Hubers, Indiana, 31:25.5.

141. Sean Fleming, Oklahoma St., 31:25.6; 142. Kari Karlsson, California, 31:26.1; 143. Pete Janson, Colorado, 31:26.5; 144. John Black, Michigan, 31:26.5; 145. Lewis Timmins, Tulsa, 31:26.5; 146. Andrew Acosta, Oregon, 31:26.6; 147. Jayden Russ, Iowa St., 31:28.3; 148. Victor Gras, Michigan, 31:29.8; 149. Jacob Gustafsson, Brigham Young, 31:31.0; 150. Josh Karanja, Eastern Mich., 31:32.0.

151. John Martinez, North Carolina St., 31:32.7; 152. Chris Pannone, Colorado, 31:33.2; 153. Steve Hallinan, American, 31:34.0; 154. Mark Matusak, California, 31:34.1; 155. Derek Taylor, Brigham Young, 31:34.4; 156. Stephan Shay, Brigham Young, 31:34.6; 157. Festus Kigen, TCU, 31:34.7; 158. Colin Longmuir, Portland, 31:35.3; 159. Cole Hardacre, Indiana, 31:35.5; 160. Patrick Mellea, Boston College, 31:36.5.

161. Mike McFarland, Minnesota, 31:36.5; 162. Garrett Heath, Stanford, 31:37.8; 163. Ben Engelhardt, Arizona St., 31:38.2; 164. Guor Majak, Iowa St., 31:38.2; 165. Joe Gatel, Cal Poly, 31:39.0; 166. Tyrel Jensen, Brigham Young, 31:39.7; 167. Alex Bailey, Ohio St., 31:40.3; 168. Mike Popejoy, Notre Dame, 31:40.5; 169. John Moore, Portland, 31:40.5; 170. Darren Brown, Texas, 31:40.8.

171. Daniel Roberts, Florida St., 31:41.3; 172. Jordan Kyle, Indiana, 31:41.3; 173. Andy Biladeau, Virginia, 31:41.3; 174. Tyler Hill, Arkansas, 31:42.0; 175. Rick Furseth, Minnesota, 31:42.5; 176. Jack Bolas, Wisconsin, 31:42.9; 177. Richard Yeates, Providence, 31:43.3; 178. Richard Medina, Colorado, 31:43.7; 179. Rob Dennis, William & Mary, 31:44.6; 180. Owen Washburn, Texas, 31:45.7.

181. Justin Langdon, Northern Ariz., 31:46.1; 182. Bobby Papazian, Villanova, 31:46.3; 183. Scott MacPherson, Arkansas, 31:48.4; 184. Dan Curran, Notre Dame, 31:49.2; 185. Matt Clark, Clemson, 31:49.7; 186. Alonso Contreras, Arizona St., 31:49.9; 187. Hillary Bor, Iowa St., 31:50.5; 188. Kyle Dekker, Tulsa, 31:50.7; 189. Eric Harris, Tulsa, 31:53.5; 190. Dino Bozzone, Portland, 31:54.9.

191. Joey Heller, Arizona St., 31:55.1; 192. Brennon Plotner, Indiana, 31:56.5; 193. Joe Parks, Iona, 31:56.6; 194. Tommy Betterbed, Portland, 31:58.6; 195. John Crews, North Carolina St., 31:59.0; 196. Scott Wall, Oregon, 31:59.1; 197. Kevin Born, Iowa St., 31:59.7; 198. Titus Koeh, Alabama, 32:00.8; 199. Tom Slosky, Duquesne, 32:01.0; 200. Kevin Tschirhart, Virginia, 32:05.2.

201. Eric Lynch, Northern Ariz., 32:06.6; 202. Chris Chavez, California, 32:07.1; 203. Eric Lee, California, 32:08.6; 204. Chad Balyo, Ohio St., 32:10.9; 205. Hari Mix, Stanford, 32:13.2; 206. Mikias Gelagle, Arizona St., 32:18.8; 207. John Mickowski, Army, 32:19.2; 208. Ben Puhl, Minnesota, 32:19.5; 209. Hayden McLaren, Providence, 32:21.0; 210. Brett Adams, Notre Dame, 32:21.9.

211. David Herren, Georgia Tech, 32:23.5; 212. Ben Sitler, Princeton, 32:23.9; 213. Craian Olionard, Michigan, 32:24.4; 214. John McGuire, Stanford, 32:25.2; 215. Lane Boyer, Arkansas, 32:27.6; 216. Andrew Jesien, Virginia, 32:28.8; 217. Scott McClain, Louisville, 32:30.5; 218. Dominic Tanui, UTEP, 32:35.0; 219. Tom Webb, Providence, 32:36.2; 220. Mark Fruin, Indiana, 32:36.3.

221. Brian Ehlis, Oklahoma St., 32:36.6; 222. Leif Anderson, Cal Poly, 32:38.7; 223. Dan Jackson, Notre Dame, 32:39.6; 224. Chase Pizzonia, Iona, 32:39.7; 225. Brian Long, Villanova, 32:39.8; 226. Taylor Candella, Ohio St., 32:40.2; 227. Thad Schroeder, Louisville, 32:41.7; 228. Matt Smith, Louisville, 32:43.4; 229. Jay Matlack, Tulsa, 32:47.8; 230. Garrett Kelly, Arizona St., 32:50.2.

231. Aggrey Chirchir, UTEP, 32:54.2; 232. Richard Newton, Iowa St., 32:54.6; 233. Michael Anderson, Providence, 32:57.5; 234. Geoffrey Doody, Villanova, 32:59.2; 235. Brett Turowski, Tulsa, 32:59.5; 236. Brandon Rooney, Iowa St., 32:59.8; 237. Elliott Heath, Stanford, 33:00.9; 238. Andy Arnio, Ohio St., 33:09.5; 239. Max Smith, Providence, 33:10.5; 240. Kyle Miller, Texas, 33:14.5.

241. Keith Capecci, Villanova, 33:16.7; 242. Christopher Olinger, Ohio St., 33:17.6; 243. Joe Purpura, Alabama, 33:29.1; 244. Jacob Rich, Indiana, 33:52.7; 245. Paul Guevara, Alabama, 33:57.7; 246. Ryan Wilson, Texas, 34:00.2; 247. Nick Sunseri, Florida St., 34:29.0; 248. Duncan Phillips, Arkansas, 34:35.0; 249. Colin Leak, William & Mary, 34:51.5; 250. Ayalew Taye, Georgetown, 37:39.0.