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		The Sooner State Training In Morocco By Ryan Vail [Blog Entry] Posted by TheRunning The World Cross Country Championships in Poland are over, and I am now focussing on the track season. It was an incredibly tough course and an extremely competitive field, but it was another great experience. I had a stress reaction going into the World Championships, so I was forced to take 10 days off after the race. I am now training in Ifrane, Morocco. by Ryan Vail Oklahoma State 3-Minute Tour [Video] Posted by TheRunning All-American Mihaela Susa and teammates Teran Mixon, Victoria Fratczak, and Baiba Blumbaha take you around the campus of Oklahoma State University in Stillwater. Check out the stomping grounds of the 2009 NCAA XC National Champs! Oklahoma State Outlook for 2010 with Dave Smith Posted by TheRunning Oklahoma State head men's and women's coach Dave Smith gives us the run down on the Cowboys and what we can expect from them during the 2010 track and field seasons. via Flotrack Oklahoma State And FloCoach Of The Year Dave Smith 2009 NCAA XC Championships [Video] Posted by TheRunning Oklahoma State team champions and FloCoach of the Year Dave Smith 2009 NCAA XC Championships Oklahoma St., Villanova win cross country titles (AP via Yahoo! Sports) Posted by TheRunning Four Oklahoma State runners finished in the top 25, leading the Cowboys to their second national championship in men's cross country over favored Stanford on Monday. Oregon was second, Alabama third and Stanford finished 10th. Liberty's Samuel Chelanga won the individual title in 28 minutes, 41.3 seconds. A Brief Chat With Oklahoma State Coach Dave Smith Posted by TheRunning Dave Smith is the Director of Track and Field and Cross Country at Oklahoma State University. His standout runners include Ryan Vail, German Fernandez, David Chirchir, John Kosgei, Colby Lowe, and Girma Mercheso. This fall, the Oklahoma State men have won the Chile Pepper Festival in Arkansas, the Big 12 Championships, and, on November 14, the NCAA Midwest Regional. Wild, Oklahoma State runs as a pack Posted by TheRunning Oklahoma State top six athletes run within a second of each other. Running as a group as some sort of tempo run, the team advances to nationals. The Story Of Joseph Manilafasha (OSU) [Video] Posted by TheRunning Joseph Manilafasha is a freshman runner at Oklahoma State University. Manilafasha is a two-time Colorado state champion and a three-time Foot Locker XC finalist. He's also a native of Burundi who escaped civil war as refugee. He lived in Tanzania and moved to Colorado when he was 10 years old. This is his first semester at OSU and the true freshman is fighting for a Varsity spot on the Cowboys national power XC team. Get to know Joseph! Dave Smith On Last Season And Moving Forward [Video] Posted by TheRunning In 2008 Coach Dave Smith led the OSU Cowboys into the NCAA Championships as one of the favorites for the national title. Led by freshman sensation, German Fernandez, the team looked good to move up the ranks after finishing in the top ten for the past three years (10th-8th-3rd). However misfortune hit and the Cowboys ended up 8th. Coach Smith goes back to that day in November and talks about what happened while out on the course. He also talks about what was learned from the experience and how OSU has moved forward in the 2009. The Cowboys will be gunning to fight for that National championship again come November 24th. Cross Country Season Preview With Oklahoma State Cowboy Coach Dave Smith Posted by TheRunning LetsRun.com has a great interview with Oklahoma State coach Dave Smith. Cross Country season is starting to get underway and there should be a lot of eyes on Oklahoma State. Vail's return gives OSU national title hopes Posted by TheRunning Oklahoma State returns a wealth of talent to this year's cross country team, but one returnee specifically has the Cowboys thinking about a national championship. Senior Ryan Vail decided to return for his final year of eligibility and help Oklahoma State reach its only goal remaining. OSU Track Heads To NCAA Championships Posted by TheRunning The Oklahoma State men’s and women’s track and field squads send their top performers to compete at the NCAA Championships in Fayetteville, Ark., from June 10-13. Okla. State's Fernandez finds himself in forefront of pack (USA Today) Posted by TheRunning Oklahoma State cross country coach Dave Smith and heralded freshman German Fernandez shared a moment of panic last November at the NCAA Cross Country Championships. Fernandez was in the chase pack late in the race when he fell with a stabbing pain in his lower leg. via USA Today A Brief Chat With Oklahoma State Coach Dave Smith Posted by TheRunning Dave Smith is the head men's track and cross country coach at Oklahoma State University. His standout runners include freshman German Fernandez, still 18, who has run a 3:55.02 mile and 7:47.97 for 3000 meters this season and won a USA Junior Cross Country title, plus John Kosgei, Colby Lowe, Ryan Vail, and Ryan Prentice. Fernandez goes even faster at the Mile Posted by TheRunning College Station, Texas, USA - German Fernandez, an 18-year-old Californian who attends Oklahoma State University, yesterday (28 Feb) won the indoor Big 12 Championships Mile in 3:55.02 and returned to the track three hours later to win the 3000m in 7:57.71. Fernandez Breaks Junior World, Big 12 and NCAA Records at Big 12 Championships Posted by TheRunning Oklahoma State freshman German Fernandez turned in possibly the best one-mile performance by any collegian in NCAA history at the Big 12 Indoor Track and Field Championships on Saturday, finishing with a time of 3:55.02, the sixth fastest time in the world this year. Sports Briefs: Men’s track and field reaches cracks top 20 (The Oklahoma Daily) Posted by TheRunning OU’s (Oklahoma) men’s indoor track and field team entered the top 20 of the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association poll by coming in at No. 19 on Wednesday. Ryan Vail makes U.S. team for cross country world championships (The Oregonian) Posted by TheRunning Ryan Vail, an Oklahoma State senior from Centennial High School in Gresham, ran well against some top professionals Saturday at the U.S. Cross Country Championships, finishing sixth on the 12-kilometer course in Maryland. That qualified him for the U.S. team that will compete at the World Championships in Amman, Jordan,... Track and field productive at J.D. Martin (The Oklahoma Daily) Posted by TheRunning The track and field team had a strong performance Saturday at the J.D. Martin Invitational in Norman, with 22 top-three finishes, eight event winners, six NCAA provisional qualifying marks and one NCAA automatic qualifying mark. ( Oklahoma ) German Fernandez runs fastest ever junior indoor Mile Posted by TheRunning German Fernandez an 18-year-old from the USA on Saturday (24) at the Razorback Invitational in Fayetteville, Arkansas, ran 3:56.50, the fastest ever indoor Mile race by a junior athlete in history. In 1889, the Indian Territory was opened to settlers. Thousands of people lined up on the border and, when the signal was given, they raced into the territory to claim their land. Some people went in early to claim their land. They became known as Sooners. Hence, Oklahoma's nickname today is “The Sooner State”. source: http://www.salinaok.com/oklahoma.html		Subscirve to this State feed here. What is RSS? Add TheRunning.com to your website. _______________ World Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut D.C. 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