STILLWATER, Okla. – Heading north to Oklahoma, East Texas Baptist University competed with the best in the nation at the Oklahoma State University Cowboy Jamboree for men's cross country. The OSU men's team is the top-ranked program in NCAA Division I, while ETBU ran with Division I, II, III, and JUCO programs.
 
ETBU came in 17th place out of 17 teams with 544 points. They ran against big-name NCAA Division I programs OSU, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Incarnate Word, and Oral Roberts. Noah Mink was the top runner, 154th at 28:51.9. Elijah Baker followed in 160h at 29:11.8. Jagger Stutchman followed in 162nd (29:22.9), Brody Hocter was 185^th (31:23.1), and Rodolfo Rodriguez came in 187th (31:32.0).
 
Their next meet will be on October 18 at Mississippi College in Clinton, Miss.