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2002 Men's Results
2002 Women's Results
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The SMU men and the Rice women both take home their second WAC Cross Country Crowns as they earn 30 and 68 points, respectively, winning the 2002 Championship. UTEP's Bashir Ibrahim won his second individual title in as many years, while SMU's Karin van Rooyen won her first WAC title. Host SMU held this season's championship at Norbuck Park in Dallas.
On the men's side, SMU's 30 points were 33 better than second place UTEP. Tulsa finished third with 71 points, while Boise State was fourth with 85. In fifth was Fresno State with 110, then Rice with 150. Louisiana Tech (190) was seventh, with San Jose State rounding out the men's field with 222.
Individually for the men, Bashir Ibrahim of UTEP won his second WAC crown with a time of 24:24 in the 8k championship. Behind him was SMU's Mindi Pukstas (24:29). Andy Norman of Tulsa earned a bronze with a time of 24:56. In fourth was Dalibor Balgac of SMU (25:00), while fifth was occupied by Dirk de Heer of UTEP (25:02).
For the women, Rice earned its second WAC crown with a total of 68 points. In second was Tulsa (85) followed by Nevada (87). UTEP earned a fourth-place finish with 93 points, while SMU's 95 was good for fifth. Boise State edged Hawai'i by one point with 157 to finish sixth. Fresno State (165), San Jose State (226) and Louisiana Tech (315) rounded out the field.
SMU's Karin van Rooyen followed up a third-place finish in 2001 with a gold-medal in the 2002 championship, with a time of 17:01 in the 5k championship. Fellow Mustang Emily Field crossed at 17:20 to finish second. Grabbing the bronze medal was Hawai'i's Victoria Chang (17:42). In fourth was UTEP's Corine van Beek (17:56), while Nevada's Emma Garrard rounded out the top five with a time 18:02.
For a complete listing of the 2002 Championship, click on the links to the right.