Men's Cross Country
2005 results

PIONEERS WIN ALL-AMERICAN HONORS

Two members of the Pioneer cross country team earned All-American honors at the NAIA Cross Country Championship held in Louisville, Kentucky.  Sophomore Vincent Tanui became the first Pioneer in more than a decade to earn NAIA All-American honors with his eighth place finish, the highest ever by a WBU male.  The Kenya native ran the 8 kilometer course in a time of 24:52.85.

Meanwhile, senior Joel O'Hair was named to the Daktronics/NAIA All-American Scholar Athlete team at the banquet held on the evening prior to the race.  O'Hair has a perfect 4.0 grade point average in mathematics at Wayland.

The Pioneers finished 16th, competing in their first-ever NAIA cross country championship as a team.

Men's 8K

Finish Name Time
8 Vincent Tanui 24:52.85
48 Nimrod Lelei 25:34.45
153 Anthony Herr 26:47.10
158 Chas Sotello 26:48.35
166 Joel O'Hair 26:51.95
206 Michael Esparza 27:21.00
236 Timmy McCune 28:00.70

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REGION VI / SAC CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

Team Results: Pioneer finish - Region VI: 2nd place - 58 points - SAC: 2nd place - 49 points

Men's 8K

VI/SAC Name Time
1/1 VIncent Tanui 24:34.15
9/8 Anthony Herr 26:10.01
12/10 Chas Sotello 26:31.46
15/13 Joel O'Hair 26:44.12
21/17 Nimrod Lelei 26:57.54
28/18 Timmy McCune 27:04.23
31/22 Michael Esparza 27:50.50
-- Markose Chenthitta DNF

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PIONEERS RANKED 11TH IN LATEST POLL

Following their impressive performance at last weekend's NAIA Mid-States Classic, the Pioneers moved up six places to 11th in the latest NAIA Cross Country Top 25 released October 20th.  The top 25 teams in the NAIA poll receive automatic bids to the Cross Country Championships to be held Nov. 5 in Louisville, Kentucky.

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NAIA MID-STATES CLASSIC RESULTS

The Pioneers, currently ranked 17th in the NAIA, finished in second in the NAIA Mid-States Classic, hosted by Southwestern College on October 15 in Winfield, KS.  The WBU men finished behind #3 Lindenwood University at the event which featured 23 teams from across the Midwest, including conference rival Oklahoma Baptist which was rated 15th in last week's NAIA poll.

Men's 8000M

Finish Name Time
3 Vincent Tanui 24:21.03
7 Nimrod Lelei 25:03.39
18 Anthony Herr 26:01.03
31 Joel O'Hair 26:35.66
32 Chas Sotello 26:39.51
40 Michael Esparza 26:48.72
61 Timmy McCune 27:16.02
140 Markose Chenthitta 29:25.46

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PIONEERS MOVE INTO NAIA TOP 25

The Pioneers have broken into the NAIA's top 25 for the first time this season. Coming off their third place performance at last Saturday's Cowboy Jamboree, the WBU men climbed to 18th in the NAIA Ratings for the week of October 3.

Vincent Tanui and Nimrod Lelei finished 1-2 in the small college division of the event hosted by Oklahoma State University.  As a team, the Pioneers were just eight points behind first place winner Angelo State University and just three points in back of conference rival Oklahoma Baptist, who was rated 16th prior to the meet.  OBU and WBU are the only two schools from Region VI represented in the poll.

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OSU COWBOY JAMBOREE RESULTS

Team Results - Pioneer finish - 3rd place - 117 points
Men's 8000M

Finish Name Time
1 Vincent Tanui 25:55
2 Nimrod Lelei 26:05
34 Anthony Herr 28:22
41 Chas Sotello 28:31
42 Joel O'Hair 28:32
56 Michael Esparza 28:54
61 Timmy McCune 29:00

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ACU CROSS COUNTRY CLASSIC RESULTS

Team Results - Pioneer finish - 3rd place - 55 points

Men's 4-mile Run

Finish Name Time
5 Nimrod Lelei 21:04.66
7 Vincent Tanui 21:09.18
14 Anthony Herr 22:47.69
16 Chas Sotello 22:59.15
18 Joel O'Hair 23:08.49
20 Michael Esparza 23:26.45
24 Jeff Raines 23:44.89
25 Timmy McCune 23:46.10
45 Markose Chenthitta 25:46.41
51 A.J. Hernandez 26:14.13

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TEXAS TECH INVITATIONAL RESULTS

Team results - Pioneer finish - 2nd place - 40 points

Men's 5K

Finish Name Time
3 Nimrod Lelei 19:42.00
4 Anthony Herr 20:49.89
10 Joel O'Hair 21:27.51
11 Chas Sotello 21:34.47
13 Michael Esparza 21:38.37
16 Timmy McCune 22:00.55
19 Jeff Raines 22:53.91

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