Boomer Sooner

The fourth-ranked Oklahoma Sooners came across the country for the Brooks Paul Short Invitational and looked every bit their rating as they dominated the eight-kilometer Gold race. Sooner runners took second, third, fourth and seventh and won easily with 34 points, 109 fewer than runner-up Georgetown.

But no one could catch speedy sophomore Paul Chelimo of N.C.-Greensboro, who took the pace out early by running a 4:34 first mile. His overall time, 23:55, was 17 seconds better than Oklahoma senior Jeremy Sudbury, who paced in teammates George Alex and Bill Kogel.

Harvard sophomore James Leakos, who won the annual Harvard-Yale race two weeks ago, was fifth in 24:14. The Hoyas' top runner was Alex Lundy, back in 19th place, but the team's fifth-place scorer was just 18 behind. Columbia had a strong showing, taking third behind Georgetown, as Spencer Leighton led the way in 24:49.

On the women's side, the Gold race turned into the Big East show as teams from that conference took the top four places. The Providence Friars were the winners, but with four runners in the top 12 spots it was much closer than one would have expected. That's because the fifth runner from PC sat back in 71st place, 24 places behind Villanova's fifth.

But the Friars held on for a 101-104 victory over the Wildcats. Syracuse was close behind (125) while No. 1 Georgetown, which sat out NCAA runnerup Emily Infeld, was fourth (141).

Villanova's Bogdana Mimic was the first across the line, finishing the six-kilometer course in 20:10, nine seconds clear of Neely Spence of Shippensburg. Sophomore Emily Sisson, taking third in 20:20, was the first of the championship Friars to complete the course, followed by Laura Nagel (sixth), Hannah Davidson (ninth) and Shelby Greaney (12th).

Dartmouth All-American Abbey D'Agostino was fourth overall while Syracuse's Lauren Penney (fifth) and Sarah Pagano (seventh) were both in the top 10. Georgetown junior Emily Jones was the first Hoya to the tape, finishing eighth in 20:48.