West Texas A&M's Jeniffer Cherono and Abilene Christian's Julius Nyango were named Lone Star Conference cross country Runner of the Week for their performances last week.

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LSC Runners of the Week
Female
Jeniffer Cherono, West Texas A&M University, Jr., Iten, Kenya
Cherono took first-place honors in the College/Junior college division of the Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree, held in Stillwater, Okla.  Cherono, winning an event for the second consecutive week, clocked a time of 18:31 over the rigorous 5 kilometer course.  She has now earned two victories and a third place finish in her three competitions this season.

Male
Julius Nyango, Abilene Christian University, Sr., Aldai, Kenya    
Nyango finished eighth last Saturday to help the Wildcats to a fourth-place finish at the Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree in Stillwater, Okla.  Nyango covered the 8000-meter course in 24:23 to pace the Wildcats, who are the second-ranked team in NCAA Division II cross country.  

LSC Cross Country Notes (Submitted by LSC SID's)
Abilene Christian
The men's team dropped in the national rankings from No. 1 to No. 2 as ACU and Adams State (Colo.) swapped places in this week's United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association poll...The Wildcats ran to a fourth-place finish last Saturday at the Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree in Stillwater, Okla., finishing behind Oklahoma State, Northern Arizona and Indiana...Julius Nyango was eighth and Daniel Maina was ninth in the overall individual standings, leading a group of five Wildcats who all finished in the top five...Serge Gasore (22nd), Amos Sang (31st) and freshman Charles White (32nd) were ACU's other finishers...Sophomore Winrose Karunde finished 25th and senior Loice Cheboi was 42nd last Saturday at the Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree in Stillwater, Okla...Karunde covered the 6000-meter course in 22:08, while Cheboi finished in 22:35...the Wildcats finished tied for 19th in the overall team standings in the University Women's division.

Angelo State
ASU's women place 13th in the college division at the Oklahoma State Jamboree... ASU's men placed fifth in the college division at the Oklahoma State Jamboree.

Cameron  
An ailing Cameron Aggie cross country team took to the course last weekend against a number of elite teams at the prestigious Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree. A bout of mononucleosis prevented Cameron's top two runners, senior Josh Stewart and freshman Mark Merritt, from competing but the Aggies still managed an 11th place finish in the College Division's 27-team field. The race was 8 kilometers. CU's total team score was 293 points and their total team time was 2:20:35. Cameron's average individual time in the race was 28:07. Following Khelalfa was senior Mudasar Haidat who finished in 29th place with a time of 27:18. Two seconds after Haidat at 27:20 was freshman newcomer Edwin Chelashaw in 31st place. The Aggie runners participate in another well-known, prestigious event in their next scheduled meet. On October 18 Cameron travels to Fayetteville, Arkansas, to compete in the annual University of Arkansas Chile Pepper Festival. The Aggies took 26th in the 36-team field at the event last season....Mohamed Khelalfa briefly stepped into the CU cross country team's top spot last weekend at the Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree while Cameron's top two runners were out battling mononucleosis. Khelalfa shouldered the added pressure and turned in a great performance as he finished 8th overall in the College Division at the prestigious event. Khelalfa's time in the eight-kilometer race was 26:11. His time is Cameron's fastest eight-kilometer time of the entire 2008-2009 season.

Central Oklahoma  
UCO couldn't count in the team standings for the second straight race as the Bronchos had only four healthy runners at the Cowboy Jamboree in Stillwater, Okla...Sophomore Alina Istrate finished eighth and junior Evelyn Berko 15th in the 5,000-meter race that attracted 218 runners in the college/junior college division...Alina Istrate finished eighth at the prestigious Cowboy Jamboree in the college/junior college division, finishing the 5,000-meter course in 18:59.

East Central
John Sutrick led East Central to a 12th place finish in the Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree last weekend as he clocked in at 26:11 in the 8,000-meter race. His 75th place overall finish led all ECU runners. Sutrick has led the Tigers in all three races this season and has steadily improved his 8k time each time out. He finished fifth at North Texas a few weeks ago and was second in the ECU Tiger Chase on Sept. 13. He was also half of the winning tandem at the Midwestern State 8-mile relays on Sept. 6. His efforts this season have helped ECU to a No. 24 national ranking by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Division II Top 25 poll this week. It is the first national ranking for the Tigers since 2005. ECU is ranked fifth in the South Central Region. Sutrick is a two-time Lone Star Conference Academic Runner of the Year and three-time Academic All-American.

Eastern New Mexico  
The Greyhounds and Zias were inactive last week...

Midwestern State  

Southeastern Oklahoma

Southwestern Oklahoma

Tarleton State

Texas A&M-Commerce
The Lions finished 14th overall and fifth among Division II teams.  Competing in a field of primarily Division I teams, the Lions were led by junior Tyler Tyndell in 38th place in 25:42 and right behind him was freshman Cody Hughes in 26:01 (52nd) in the 8k race.  A&M-Commerce junior Robert Reed finished in 26:13 (59th) and teammates junior Gerardo Delafuente and sophomore Brandon Womack were separated by 19 seconds in 27:31 (107th) and 27:50 (121st), respectively. Logan Kelly was 146th in 29:39 and Ray Moreno was 152nd in 32:16...At the Cowboy Jamboree, the Lions women finished 24th. The women were led by sophomore Kate Donovan, who was 78th in 21:20. The next three runners for A&M-Commerce were separated by 43 seconds. Freshman Gabrielle Greer was 129th in 24:00. The next two runners - Savannah Brookins and Mindy Solario were separated  by 14 seconds and two places. Brookins in her collegiate debut was 140th in 24:29 and Solario was 142nd in 24:43. Junior Holly Langford was 152nd in 26:51.

Texas A&M-Kingsville  
The Javelinas finished in 12th place out of 13 teams at the Texas Lutheran University Invitational... The Javelinas finished in ninth place at the Texas Lutheran University Invitational...Kiya Dandena finished in 17th at the Texas Lutheran University 8k to lead the Javelinas.  He crossed the tape in a season best 27:16.2...Jessica Martinez was the Javelinas' top finisher at the Texas Lutheran 6K.  The took home 15th place in a time of 25:37.5...

West Texas A&M
The Buffs placed 10th out of 27 teams competing at the Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree, held Saturday in Stillwater, Okla...Jose Velazquez paced the Buffs with a 23rd place finish and a time of 27:04 over the 8k course.  Thomas Harris also finished among the top 50 runners. placing 48th with a time of 27:49.... The Lady Buffs placed ninth out of 26 teams competing at the Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree last weekend. Jeniffer Cherono took top individual honors for the second consecutive weekend, winning the 5k race with a time of 18:31.  She has now earned two victories and a third-place finish in her three meets.  Other top finishers included Kristie Hartsfield, who finished 14th while Belinda Castanon was 52nd.