LAWRENCE, Kansas – The No. 8 Cougars finished fourth at the Big 12 Championships on Friday morning.
Freshman Tayvon Kitchen crossed first for the Cougars, at 15th overall in the 8,000-meter race with a time of 23:17.6. He was followed closely by senior James Corrigan and sophomore Noah Jenkins finishing 17th and 19th, respectively.
Senior Davin Thompson finished 22nd, crossing the line in 23:25.4, with fellow senior Luke Grundvig rounding the top five for the Cougars in 30th.
"Proud of the way the men rolled out. We tried to pack it up early on and our top four ran where they needed to and were closing the gap on our fifth man." head coach Ed Eyestone said, "Happy with Tayvon’s performance getting all-conference as a true freshman. Noah Jensen and James Corrigan had really nice races as well. We have some work to do but I still believe we can be a top four team at Nationals in three weeks."
The USTFCCCA No. 8 ranked Cougars earned 102 points to take fourth behind No. 2 Oklahoma State with 20 points, No. 1 Iowa State with 43 points and No. 5 Colorado with 87 points.
BYU came out fast through the first mile of the race crossing the marker ahead of the pack with two Cougars in the top four. The team was able to keep their pack together through the race despite falling behind Iowa State, Oklahoma State and Colorado with all ten Cougars finishing between 15th and 45th.
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BYU heads to Salt Lake City, Utah to compete in the NCAA Mountain Regional hosted by the University of Utah on November 14th.