Newton Takes 5th At Big 12 Cross Country Championships
10/28/2000 12:00:00 AM | Cross Country
Oct. 28, 2000
BOULDER, Colo. - Baylor's Kara Newton continued her impressive junior campaign here Saturday, placing fifth in the women's 6,000-meter race at the Big 12 Conference Championships. The BU women's team finished ninth overall, while the men's team placed 11th.
Newton earned all-Big 12 honors with her performance, the top nine finishers earned such honors. She turned in a time of 20 minutes, 47 seconds. Kara Grgas-Wheeler of Colorado paced the field with at time of 19:38 to garner individual medalist honors.
Colorado swept both races, posting team totals of 29 points and 16 points in the women's and men's races, respectively. On the men's side, the Buffaloes placed first, second, third, fourth and sixth to dominate the field. Jorge Torres of Colorado took first place in the men's 8,000-meter race, giving CU individual medalists in both races.
Behind Newton, Kim Cook was 36th for Baylor with a time of 22:36, Stephanie Bennett finished eight spots back at 44th with a time of 22:58. Leah Marbach (61st, 23:30), Erin Dixon (68th, 23:41) and Meagan McCoin (80th, 26:55) also ran for Baylor.
On the men's side, sophomore Ferenc Bekesi could not build on his 19th place finish from a year ago, but was still the top finisher for Baylor. He came in 33rd place with a time of 26:17. Josh Ward turned in a time of 26:26 to place 39th, and Alex Adler's 26:40 mark was good enough for 45th. Matt Chance (66th, 27:19), Jon Capron (67th, 27:20), Aaron Ward (67th, 27:44) and Bill Thomas (82nd, 29:15) rounded out the Baylor men's competitors.
Kansas State took second place in the women's race with a team score of 81, Missouri was not far behind at 100. Texas A&M finished fourth, followed by Oklahoma State, Iowa State, Nebraska, Texas, Baylor, Texas Tech, Kansas and Oklahoma.
On the men's side, Oklahoma State had the honor of being the team closest to Colorado at 85 points. Missouri followed in third with 113, and Texas was in fourth at 141. Nebraska took fifth position, followed by Kansas, Iowa State, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Kansas State, Baylor and Oklahoma.
