Meet Results / WT Results Photo Gallery (by Brian Barrett) CANYON, Texas – Senior
Michaela Johnson grabbed her second first-place finish of the year on Saturday morning at the annual Buffalo Stampede, hosted by West Texas A&M at The Range in Canyon, Texas. The Lady Buffs would end up placing third in the meet as they ran shorthanded, resting one of their top-five runners in the race.
The Lady Buffs finished in third in the 6K event with a total of 66 points behind Eastern New Mexico who placed first with 39 points and Dallas Baptist in second with 63 points. Dine College came in fourth (77 points) followed by UT-Permian Basin (fifth, 127 points), Oklahoma Christian (sixth, 137 points), Lubbock Christian (179 points), and Oklahoma Panhandle State (eighth, 247 points).
Johnson finished first in the field of 74 runners with a time of 22:39.00 followed by fellow senior
Emma Love in second at 22:41.00. Freshman
Lauren Laisure would cross next for WT in 10
th place with a time of 23:47.00. Rounding out the scorers for WT was freshman
Caitlyn Cecchini in 24
th at 24:48.00 and senior
Rhemecka Graham in 38
th at 25:32.00. Also running for the Lady Buffs today was freshman Gilliam Law who placed 59
th with a time of 27:59.00.
"I'm proud of Emma and Michaela working hard and challenging each other throughout the race," stated head coach
Kimberly Dudley. "The senior duo is tightening the gap each race.
Caitlyn Cecchini is improving each meet while Lauren and Rhemecka had to push through a difficult race but continued to fight."
Completed in the fall of 2013, The Range is the home of the West Texas A&M men's and women's cross country teams. It is a viewer friendly course with 2 X 3K loops for women (6K) and 2.8 X 3.5K loops for men (10K). The Range runs fast and is laid out generally flat with a few slight inclines and declines throughout and features a natural grass surface that is steam rolled with natural boundaries (trees, tall grass) on both sides of the running path. Wood chips are laid throughout the course for even footing. It features a 600m straightaway start and a 200m straightaway finish while the entire path remains approximately 10m wide. The Range and the city of Canyon lie geographically at 3,525 ft. elevation.
The Range is located on the northeast end of campus across the street to the north from the First United Bank Center (FUBC) and to the east of Buffalo Sports Complex (BSC). Parking is available across the street at the FUBC and is very accessible to spectators and vans/busses of visiting teams. Overflow parking can be found on the northeast side of the BSC, just outside of Wilder Park and Schaeffer Park. Shower facilities are available across the street at the FUBC which also serves as an evacuation and emergency facility.
The Buffs and Lady Buffs will now head into the postseason beginning with the LSC Championships (6K), hosted by Midwestern State in Wichita Falls, Texas on Saturday, Nov. 8.
