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The 5K winners Photos courtesy Todd Essary/ECU Career Development
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Early morning run Photos courtesy Todd Essary/ECU Career Development
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Record numbers compete in ECU Homecoming race
ADA — A record 122 road racers and walkers along with a good crowd of friends and family braved the chilly weather Saturday morning for the traditional 3.1 mile East Central University Homecoming Run.
The cool weather set up perfect race conditions on the hilly oval track around historical Wintersmith Park. The race seemed to set a great tone for a fun day of celebration of Homecoming events in ECU’s centennial year.
Many were out to visit with old friends, take a little jog or walk not to mention the usual competitive runners that wanted a medal and a good race time. The six high school cross country teams from southern Oklahoma helped make the event so large as well as first-time 5k event participants.
A lead pack separated quickly from the start near Wintersmith Lodge with many of the high school cross country runners from all over southern Oklahoma leading the way. The lead pack kept just over a 6-minute mile pace throughout the race and in the end 25 year old local runner Matt Folsom led the way with a 19:33.
Bradley Butler finished right behind him for a second overall placing with a 19:34 followed by Brian DeAngelis with a 19:45 time in third.
The top female runner in the event was Ada native and ECU Alum Breanna Graham with a time of 23:12. The second overall female runner was Randi Collins-Estes with a 24:47 followed by Rena Tiger at 26:07.
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ECU women salvage Sunday softball split with Northeastern State
East Central overcame a Northeastern State game-tying two-run homer in the fifth by scoring three runs in the bottom half of that inning to beat the RiverHawks 6-3 and salvage a Lone Star Conference North doubleheader split Sunday at Lady Tiger Field.
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Basketball State Championship Capsules
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Sulphur powerlifter wins state title
Sulphur’s Tanner Bates won a state championship Friday at the Small School State Meet, which included athletes in Classes 2A, A, B and C.
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Back to state for Konawa
MCALESTER — The Konawa Lady Tigers and the Savanna Lady Dawgs got to see each other, but not play one another, at the 2009 Bertha Frank Teague Mid-America Classic over the Christmas break. But as the Class 2A playoff fate would have it, they got to meet Friday night in the area tournament title game for the right to play in this week’s Class 2A State Tournament. Fortunately, for the locals, they made it — but it was not easy.
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Sulphur girls stay alive by beating Alva in 3A
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ECU women golfers to host own tourney
ADA — The East Central University women’s golf team will launch the 2010 spring season by hosting the ECU-Oak Hills Women’s Collegiate Invitational Golf Tournament Monday and Tuesday at the Oak Hills Country Club in Ada.
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Lady Cougs rollin' at Rose Rock event
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Class A & B State Pairings
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ECU golfers take title
POTTSBORO, Texas — The East Central men’s golf team, behind a 1-2 finish from freshman Travis Keeley and senior Zac Pool, won the championship of the Crawford-Wade Lion Invitational on Tuesday at the par-72 Tanglewood Resort Course.
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