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2019 Men's Cross Country Roster

Allie Schweizer
Allie Schweizer
Tim Hanson
Tim Hanson
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Scott Slarks
Scott Slarks

Tristan Owens

Tristan Owens

  • Height:
    5-11
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Oologah, Okla.
  • Highschool:
    Oologah HS
  • Major:
    Sport Management

Summary

Biography

2019 (XC): Ran a season best in the 8k event at the MIAA Cross Country Championships on October 26, 2019, running a 28:47.6 … Ran a season best in the 10k event at the NCAA Division II Central Region Championships on November 9, 2019, running a 36:48.7 …

2019 (Outdoor): Ran a season best in the 5000-meter run, finishing with a time of 16:06.83 at the Wendy's/PSU Invitational ... Earned a fifth-place finish in the 5000-meter run at the Oklahoma Baptist Early Outdoor Invite with a time of 16:37.19 ...
 
2018-19 (Indoor): Ran a season best in the 3000-meter run, finishing with a time of 9:29.47 at the Great American Conference Championships …

2018 (XC): Competed in five events on the season … Finished as a scoring runner for the team two times … Had a best finish of third on the season among team runners … Averaged a 5.60 finish among team runners … Had an overall best finish of 20th on the season … Averaged a finish among all competitors of 107.40 … Ran a season best 8K time of 26:34.3 and averaged a time of 27:33.4 in 8K events for the season … Heartland Conference Spring 2019 President's Honor Roll …

2018 (Outdoor): Set a personal and season best in the 800-meter run, finishing with a time of 2:09.89 at the Oklahoma Baptist Early Outdoor Invite ... Ran a season best in the 5000-meter run, finishing with a time of 15:50.09 at the Great American Conference Championships ... Ran a season best in the 1500-meter run, finishing with a time of 4:23.61 at the Oklahoma Baptist Early Outdoor Invite ... Earned a 10th-place finish in the 5000-meter run at the MSSU Bill Williams/Bob Laptad Invite with a time of 16:01.40 ... Earned a 10th-place finish in the 5000-meter run at the UCA Open with a time of 15:51.94 ...
 
2017-18 (Indoor): Set a personal and season best in the mile, finishing with a time of 4:38.02 at the MSSU Lion Open & Multi ... Set a personal and season best in the 3000-meter run, finishing with a time of 8:55.05 at the 3rd Annual Indoor Gorilla Classic …

2017 (XC): Competed in three meets in his second season running cross country on College Hill...Set a personal best mark of 27:11.1 at the Heartland Conference Championships on Oct. 21, 2017 for 35th overall...
 
2017 (Outdoor): Set a personal and season best in the 1500-meter run, finishing with a time of 4:05.94 at the Wendy's/PSU Invitational ... Set a personal and season best in the 5000-meter run, finishing with a time of 15:17.67 at the Great American Conference Championships ... Earned a sixth-place finish in the 5000-meter run at the Oklahoma Baptist Early Outdoor Invite with a time of 16:06.56 ... Earned a seventh-place finish in the 5000-meter run at the MSSU Bill Williams/Bob Laptad Invite with a time of 15:52.93 ...
 
2016-17 (Indoor): Ran a season best in the 3000-meter run, finishing with a time of 9:03.08 at the 2nd Annual Indoor Gorilla Classic …

2016 (XC): Raced in two cross country events during his first season competing in the navy and red...Placed in the top 50 in both events in the 2016 cross country season...Ran a season-best time of 27:26.4 at the Heartland Conference Championships on Oct. 22 in Mansfield, Texas.
 
2015 (XC): Owens took a redshirt during his first cross country season at RSU in 2015 ... Was named the Hillcats' Male Courage Award winner at the inaugural OMAs Award Show.
 
Prep: Had a championship-laden prep career at Oologah High School ... After finishing as runner up at the 2012 state cross country meet to eventual RSU teammate, Baylor Harvey, he broke through as the 2013 Oklahoma Class 4A state champion ... Closed his prep cross country career with another runner-up result in 2014 ... Ran a personal best of 15:17 in the 5k and a 26:34 in the 8k during his career ... Picked up three state track titles during his tenure with the Mustangs ... Ran a personal best of 4:26 in the 1600-meter run ... Three-time honoree on the Principal Honor Roll and named Senior Favorite Most Athletic at OHS ... 
 
Personal: Son of Doug and Emily ... Has one sibling; Sasha ... Majoring in Sport Management ...

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Historical Player Information

  • 2015Freshman

    5'11" 135 lbs
  • 2016Freshman

    5'11" 140 lbs
  • 2017Sophomore

    5'11" 140 lbs
  • 2018Junior

    5'11" 140 lbs
  • 2019Senior

    5'11" 0 lbs