STILLWATER, OKLA. – The Oral Roberts Cross Country program competed against some of the best in the country on Friday morning, placing multiple runners in the top 50.
 
RESULTS: https://live.reddirtrunning.com/meets/57139
 
On the men's side, ORU finished eighth of 18 teams,  beating out TCU and finishing just behind No.  10 Oregon, No. 29 Tulsa, No. 2 New Mexico, and No. 3 Oklahoma State.  Abraham Chelangam finished 17^th with a time of 24:13.0.  Other top 50 finishers included Andrew Smithwick in 33^rd, who ran a 24:40.3, and Cornelius Kipkogei in 49^th with a time of 25:07.0.
 
In the women's 6K race, the Golden Eagles placed 13^th of 19 teams with Ossly Murambidzi leading the way with a 56^th place finish and a time of 22:05.4.  Madeline Cabana placed 59^th, running a 22:07.9.  Women's competition also featured No. 3 New Mexico, No. 13 Oklahoma State, and No. 1 BYU. 
 
The Golden Eagles are back in competition next Saturday, October 4^th, at the Chili Pepper Festival in Fayetteville, Arkansas, hosted by the Arkansas Razorbacks.  Two weeks later, ORU will head back to Stillwater for the Weis-Crockett Invitational on October 17^th.
 
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